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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	HaitiReviewed	TajikistanReviewed
Legal familyIdentical	Civil law	Civil law
System of government	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution de la République d'Haïti	Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan
In force since	1987	1994
Capital	Port-au-Prince	Dushanbe
Official languages	French, Haitian Creole	Tajik, Russian
Currency	Haitian gourde (HTG)	Tajikistani somoni (TJS)
Population	11,600,000	10,400,000
Division of powers	Unitary with constitutionally recognised decentralisation to 10 departments, arrondissements and communes, and to the communal section as the smallest territorial unit. In practice the elected local bodies are largely unfilled and replaced by appointed interim commissions.	Unitary with one autonomous unit. Two regions (Sughd and Khatlon), the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, the districts of republican subordination and the city of Dushanbe. Gorno-Badakhshan's autonomy is constitutionally entrenched and it has its own assembly, but the practical scope of that autonomy has narrowed substantially, particularly after the security operations in the region in 2021-22. Regional and district chairmen are appointed by the President.
How law is made	Under the 1987 Constitution bills pass both chambers and are promulgated by the President, who may return a text once for reconsideration. With Parliament not sitting, measures have been issued as executive decrees since 2020 — a practice widely criticised as lacking constitutional foundation, and a key reason to check the current status of any recent instrument before relying on it.	Bills are introduced in the Assembly of Representatives by deputies, the President, the Government or the Assembly of Gorno-Badakhshan. After adoption they go to the National Assembly for approval; disagreement is resolved by a conciliation commission or by a two-thirds vote of the lower chamber. The President signs and promulgates, and may return a law for reconsideration. Constitutional amendments require a referendum, which is how each of the three amendment packages was adopted.
Legal profession	Advocates are admitted to one of the departmental bars (Ordre des avocats), most prominently the Port-au-Prince bar, after a law degree and a period of pupillage. Notaries hold a separate public office with exclusive competence over authentic acts including land transfers, which matters greatly given widespread informality in land title.	Advocates are licensed under the Law on the Bar and Advocacy 2015, which introduced a state qualification commission under the Ministry of Justice and required existing advocates to re-sit examinations — a change that sharply reduced the number of licensed practitioners. Membership of the Union of Advocates is mandatory. Only licensed advocates may act as criminal defence counsel. Notaries are separately licensed and their participation is compulsory for property transfers, mortgages and many family instruments.

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.