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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	DR CongoReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed	MoroccoReviewed
Legal family	Civil law (Belgian tradition)	Civil law	Civil law with Islamic law in personal status
System of government	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Constitution of the Kingdom of Morocco
In force since	2006	1992	2011
Capital	Kinshasa	Vilnius	Rabat
Official languages	French, Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, Tshiluba	Lithuanian	Arabic, Tamazight
Currency	Congolese Franc (CDF)	Euro (EUR)	Moroccan dirham (MAD)
Population	102,300,000	2,860,000	37,500,000
Division of powers	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.	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.	Unitary but substantially regionalised since 2015, with twelve regions holding directly elected councils and their own budgets under the advanced regionalisation programme. Regions have executive competences in development planning and transport; they do not legislate.
How law is made	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.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.	Bills may be introduced by the head of government or by members of either chamber. They pass through committee and plenary in both houses, with the House of Representatives having the final word where the chambers disagree. Organic laws must be referred to the Constitutional Court before promulgation. The King promulgates statutes by dahir within thirty days, and may ask parliament to reconsider a bill or submit it to referendum.
Legal profession	Avocats admitted to provincial bars under the national Ordre des avocats after a law degree and traineeship; défenseurs judiciaires assist in lower courts.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.	Avocats are admitted to one of the regional bars and organised nationally through the Association des Barreaux du Maroc; practice before the Court of Cassation requires additional seniority. Notaries and adouls coexist — the notaire handles conveyancing and company documents in the French tradition, while the adoul draws up marriage and inheritance instruments under Islamic law. Judges are career appointments trained at the Institut Supérieur de la Magistrature.

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.