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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	ComorosReviewed	YemenReviewed	DR CongoReviewed
Legal family	Mixed French civil law and Islamic law	Mixed (Islamic law and civil law)	Civil law (Belgian tradition)
System of government	Federal presidential republic	Republic with contested authority	Unitary semi-presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Union of the Comoros	Constitution of the Republic of Yemen	Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In force since	2001	1991	2006
Capital	Moroni	Sana'a (constitutional); Aden (interim seat of government)	Kinshasa
Official languages	Comorian, Arabic, French	Arabic	French, Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, Tshiluba
Currency	Comorian franc (KMF)	Yemeni rial (YER)	Congolese Franc (CDF)
Population	850,000	34,400,000	102,300,000
Division of powers	Federal. Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli each have a governor and their own assembly with substantial autonomy over local administration, while the Union handles defence, currency, foreign affairs and nationality.	Nominally unitary with twenty-two governorates and appointed governors, and a 2000 local authority law providing for elected local councils. In practice territorial control is divided between rival authorities, and the 2015 draft federal constitution proposing six regions was never adopted.	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 originate with the government or members of the Assembly of the Union, are examined in committee and passed by the Assembly, then promulgated by the President. Matters within island competence are legislated by the island assemblies, and disputes over the boundary between Union and island competence are a standing feature of Comorian constitutional practice.	Under the constitution, bills are passed by the House of Representatives and ratified by the head of state, with publication in the Official Gazette. Since 2014 this process has not operated normally: the recognised government legislates largely by decree from Aden, and the Houthi authorities issue their own instruments in the areas they control. Determining the applicable rule in a given place and period is a factual question, not merely a legal one.	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 small bar of avocats admitted after French-model legal training, supplemented by qadis who require religious-law qualification for the personal-status jurisdiction; many practitioners train in France or Madagascar.	Advocates are licensed under the Advocacy Law and organised in the Yemeni Bar Association, which has continued to operate and to make representations about judicial independence throughout the conflict. Judges are trained at the High Judicial Institute and appointed by the Supreme Judicial Council, but appointments made by rival authorities since 2014 are not mutually recognised. Legal aid is minimal and provided mainly by non-governmental organisations.	Avocats admitted to provincial bars under the national Ordre des avocats after a law degree and traineeship; défenseurs judiciaires assist in lower courts.

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