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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	PolandReviewed	CameroonReviewed	DR CongoReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Mixed (civil law and common law)	Civil law (Belgian tradition)
System of government	Unitary parliamentary republic	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Poland	Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon	Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In force since	1997	1972	2006
Capital	Warsaw	Yaoundé	Kinshasa
Official languages	Polish	French, English	French, Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, Tshiluba
Currency	Polish złoty (PLN)	Central African CFA franc (XAF)	Congolese Franc (CDF)
Population	36,700,000	28,600,000	102,300,000
Division of powers	A tripartite separation under Article 10, with a directly elected President holding a legislative veto that only a three-fifths Sejm majority can override.	A strongly presidential system with a bicameral Parliament of National Assembly and Senate, and a judiciary in which the Supreme Court sits above separate common-law and civil-law appellate structures.	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	A bill passes three readings in the Sejm, goes to the Senate, which may amend or reject within 30 days, returns to the Sejm, and is then signed by the President — who may instead veto it or refer it to the Constitutional Tribunal.	Bills pass committee and plenary in the National Assembly and are transmitted to the Senate; disagreement is resolved by a joint commission or a second Assembly vote. The President promulgates or may seek constitutional review.	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	Two advocacy professions exist side by side: adwokaci and radcowie prawni, both with rights of audience after a bar traineeship and examination. Notaries and bailiffs are separate regulated professions.	A single bar for both legal zones: advocates admitted to the Cameroon Bar Association may practise in common-law and civil-law courts alike, which makes bilingual competence a practical necessity.	Avocats admitted to provincial bars under the national Ordre des avocats after a law degree and traineeship; défenseurs judiciaires assist in lower courts.

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.