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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ChadIndexed	LithuaniaReviewed	BelgiumReviewed
Legal family	Mixed (French civil law, customary and Islamic law)	Civil law	Civil law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Chad	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Constitution of Belgium
In force since	2023	1992	1831
Capital	N'Djamena	Vilnius	Brussels
Official languages	French, Arabic	Lithuanian	Dutch, French, German
Currency	Central African CFA franc (XAF)	Euro (EUR)	Euro (EUR)
Population	18,300,000	2,860,000	11,800,000
Division of powers	Presidential system with a Prime Minister, a bicameral Parliament of National Assembly and Senate under the 2023 text, and a judiciary headed by the Supreme Court.	Semi-presidential government with a directly elected President focused on foreign and security policy, a Government answerable to the Seimas, and a separate Constitutional Court.	Federal, alongside three Regions (Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels-Capital) and three Communities (Flemish, French, German-speaking). Regional decrees and community decrees have the same legal force as federal statute within their competences; there is no general federal supremacy clause. The Constitutional Court, not a hierarchy of norms, resolves conflicts of competence.
How law is made	Bills are examined in committee and plenary and passed by the legislature, then promulgated by the President. The Constitutional Council may be seised before promulgation.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.	Most federal bills now follow a monocameral procedure in the Chamber of Representatives; the Senate intervenes only in the matters the Constitution reserves to bicameral treatment, such as constitutional revision and the institutional framework. The Council of State Legislation Section gives a prior opinion on drafts. A text is sanctioned and promulgated by the King and enters into force after publication in the Moniteur belge / Belgisch Staatsblad.
Legal profession	Avocats admitted through the Ordre des avocats du Tchad; the profession is concentrated in N'Djamena.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.	Advocaten and avocats are admitted to a local bar and organised in two federations, the OVB for Dutch-speaking and AVOCATS.BE for French and German-speaking members. Qualification requires a law degree, a three-year traineeship (stage) under a supervising lawyer, and bar examinations. Notaries and bailiffs are separate regulated professions with numerus clausus appointments.

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