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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	CameroonReviewed	EcuadorReviewed	DR CongoReviewed
Legal family	Mixed (civil law and common law)	Civil law	Civil law (Belgian tradition)
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon	Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador	Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In force since	1972	2008	2006
Capital	Yaoundé	Quito	Kinshasa
Official languages	French, English	Spanish, Quechua, Shuar	French, Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, Tshiluba
Currency	Central African CFA franc (XAF)	United States dollar (USD)	Congolese Franc (CDF)
Population	28,600,000	18,200,000	102,300,000
Division of powers	A strongly presidential system with a bicameral Parliament of National Assembly and Senate, and a judiciary in which the Supreme Court sits above separate common-law and civil-law appellate structures.	Unitary and decentralised, with twenty-four provinces and autonomous decentralised governments at provincial, cantonal and parish level. Indigenous authorities exercise their own jurisdiction under Article 171, subject to constitutional review.	Semi-presidential: a directly elected President, a Prime Minister from the parliamentary majority, and a bicameral Parliament. The 2006 constitution split the former Supreme Court into three separate apex courts.
How law is made	Bills pass committee and plenary in the National Assembly and are transmitted to the Senate; disagreement is resolved by a joint commission or a second Assembly vote. The President promulgates or may seek constitutional review.	Bills go to the Assembly from members, the President, the Court, citizens or autonomous governments, and need two debates. The President may fully or partially object; a full objection can only be overcome after a year or by a two-thirds vote. Urgent economic bills become law by decree if the Assembly fails to act in thirty days. Amendment routes differ by depth, from Assembly vote to constituent assembly.	Bills pass both chambers; persistent disagreement is resolved by a joint commission or a final National Assembly vote. The President promulgates within the constitutional period, and the Constitutional Court may be seised beforehand.
Legal profession	A single bar for both legal zones: advocates admitted to the Cameroon Bar Association may practise in common-law and civil-law courts alike, which makes bilingual competence a practical necessity.	A law degree plus registration in the Forense registry of the Consejo de la Judicatura, and usually membership of a provincial colegio de abogados. The Judicature Council holds disciplinary power. Public defence is provided by the Defensoría Pública, a separate autonomous body.	Avocats admitted to provincial bars under the national Ordre des avocats after a law degree and traineeship; défenseurs judiciaires assist in lower courts.

A comparison table flattens nuance by design. Where a difference matters to a decision you are making, open both portals and read the section in full — the constitutional detail behind a one-line summary is often the part that governs the outcome.