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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	LithuaniaReviewed	BotswanaReviewed	DR CongoReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Mixed Roman-Dutch and English common law	Civil law (Belgian tradition)
System of government	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Parliamentary republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Constitution of Botswana	Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In force since	1992	1966	2006
Capital	Vilnius	Gaborone	Kinshasa
Official languages	Lithuanian	English, Setswana	French, Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, Tshiluba
Currency	Euro (EUR)	Botswana pula (BWP)	Congolese Franc (CDF)
Population	2,860,000	2,680,000	102,300,000
Division of powers	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. Districts and sub-districts administer central policy, and the House of Chiefs (Ntlo ya Dikgosi) is an advisory chamber that must be consulted on bills affecting customary law, tribal organisation and tribal property.	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 are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.	Bills are introduced in the National Assembly, take three readings with committee scrutiny between the second and third, and go to the President for assent. Bills affecting customary law, tribal property or the organisation of the tribes must first be referred to the Ntlo ya Dikgosi for its opinion, though that opinion does not bind the 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	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.	A fused profession of attorneys admitted by the High Court after a recognised law degree and articles of pupillage; there is no split between advocates and attorneys, and the Law Society of Botswana regulates practice.	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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