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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	MaliIndexed	ComorosReviewed	MexicoReviewed
Legal family	Civil law (French tradition)	Mixed French civil law and Islamic law	Civil law
System of government	Republic under transitional military-led government	Federal presidential republic	Federal presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of Mali	Constitution of the Union of the Comoros	Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
In force since	2023	2001	1917
Capital	Bamako	Moroni	Mexico City
Official languages	French, Bambara	Comorian, Arabic, French	Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
Currency	West African CFA franc (XOF)	Comorian franc (KMF)	Mexican peso (MXN)
Population	23,300,000	850,000	130,000,000
Division of powers	Formally a presidential system with a Prime Minister and bicameral legislature under the 2023 text; in practice transitional authorities exercise combined executive and legislative functions pending elections.	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.	Federal. Powers not expressly granted to the union are reserved to the 32 states (Article 124). States run their own civil, family and criminal-enforcement codes, but criminal procedure, labour and commercial law were federalised to produce single national codes.
How law is made	Under the transition, texts are adopted by the Conseil national de transition or issued as ordinances and promulgated by the President of the Transition. The 2023 constitution provides for ordinary bicameral passage once institutions are restored.	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.	Bills may be introduced by the President, either chamber, state legislatures or by citizens with 0.13% of the electoral roll. Both chambers must pass an identical text; the President may veto, and Congress overrides with two-thirds of each chamber. Constitutional amendments need two-thirds of Congress plus a majority of state legislatures (Article 135).
Legal profession	Avocats admitted through the Barreau du Mali after a law degree and traineeship; notaires and huissiers are separate ministerial offices.	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.	A law degree plus a cédula profesional from the Education Ministry licenses practice; there is no compulsory bar examination or single mandatory bar, which distinguishes Mexico from most of the region. Notaries public are a separate, strictly limited state-appointed profession with exclusive competence over real estate and company deeds.

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