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AttributeLithuaniaReviewedGrenadaReviewedGambiaReviewed
Legal familyCivil lawCommon lawMixed (common law, customary law, Sharia)
System of governmentUnitary semi-presidential republicConstitutional monarchyUnitary presidential republic
ConstitutionConstitution of the Republic of LithuaniaThe Grenada ConstitutionConstitution of the Republic of The Gambia
In force since199219731997
CapitalVilniusSaint George'sBanjul
Official languagesLithuanianEnglishEnglish, Mandinka, Wolof, Fula
CurrencyEuro (EUR)East Caribbean dollar (XCD)Dalasi (GMD)
Population2,860,000126,0002,800,000
Division of powersSemi-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. The state comprises Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique; Carriacou and Petite Martinique have a Ministry and local administration but no separate legislature.Executive president, unicameral National Assembly with a small number of nominated members, and a judiciary that historically relied on judges seconded from other Commonwealth states.
How law is madeBills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.Bills pass three readings in both Houses and receive the Governor-General's assent. Constitutional amendments to entrenched provisions need a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives and then approval by a referendum, a double lock that has defeated every reform package put to voters.Bills are published, read three times and considered in committee before passage. The President assents; a refusal returns the bill to the Assembly.
Legal professionAdvocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.A fused profession of legal practitioners admitted by the High Court under the Legal Profession Act, after a law degree and the Legal Education Certificate. The Grenada Bar Association represents practitioners.Fused; admission by the Chief Justice on the roll of legal practitioners, with the Gambia Bar Association as the professional body.

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