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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	CambodiaReviewed	SomaliaIndexed
Legal family	Civil law	Pluralist: Islamic, customary and civil law
System of government	Unitary constitutional monarchy	Federal parliamentary republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia	Provisional Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia
In force since	1993	2012
Capital	Phnom Penh	Mogadishu
Official languages	Khmer	Somali, Arabic
Currency	Riel (KHR)	Somali shilling (SOS)
Population	17,000,000	18,100,000
Division of powers	Unitary, with 25 provinces and the capital. The Organic Law of 2008 created elected councils at provincial, municipal and district level, but fiscal and appointment power remains centralised in the Ministry of Interior.	Federal in form, with member states including Puntland, Jubaland, South West, Hirshabelle and Galmudug. The division of powers was left to be settled by later agreement and remains contested, particularly over revenue and security. Somaliland, in the northwest, does not participate and administers its own institutions.
How law is made	Bills are introduced by the government or by members, pass the National Assembly, go to the Senate for review within a fixed period, and return to the Assembly which may override Senate objections. The Constitutional Council may be asked to review a text before promulgation by the King. Much operative detail is then set by sub-decree, which does not pass through the Assembly at all.	Bills are introduced by the government or members and passed by the House of the People, with the Upper House participating on matters affecting member states, before presidential assent. Because Article 2 subjects all legislation to consistency with Sharia and no court exists to adjudicate that limit, and because member-state legislation operates in parallel, the effective legislative picture cannot be described as unified.
Legal profession	Lawyers are admitted by the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia, which controls the entrance examination and the training centre and holds a statutory monopoly on court representation. The profession was rebuilt from single figures in the early 1990s and now numbers well over a thousand. Foreign lawyers may advise and appear only in association with a Cambodian member, and notarial functions sit with a small licensed notariat created under the Civil Code reforms.	Advocates practise through the Somali Bar Association and regional bar associations, with legal education rebuilt through universities in Mogadishu, Hargeisa and elsewhere since the 1990s. Many practitioners work across the formal courts and customary forums, since a client's remedy often lies in the latter. Verified current figures on admission and numbers are not available, which is reflected in this entry's status.

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