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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	RomaniaReviewed	MaltaReviewed	AustraliaReviewed
Legal family	Civil law	Mixed (civil and common law)	Common law
System of government	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Unitary parliamentary republic	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of Romania	Constitution of Malta	Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act
In force since	1991	1964	1901
Capital	Bucharest	Valletta	Canberra
Official languages	Romanian	Maltese, English	English
Currency	Romanian leu (RON)	Euro (EUR)	Australian Dollar (AUD)
Population	19,000,000	540,000	26,800,000
Division of powers	Semi-presidential: a directly elected President shares executive power with a Government answerable to Parliament, and constitutional conflicts between them are themselves justiciable before the Constitutional Court.	A parliamentary republic with a ceremonial President, a Cabinet led by the Prime Minister answerable to the House of Representatives and an independent judiciary.	Chapter III strictly separates federal judicial power; the High Court polices the boundary and may invalidate legislation for exceeding it.
How law is made	A bill goes to a first-notified chamber and then to the decisional chamber, whose vote is final. The President may return it once for reconsideration or refer it to the Constitutional Court before promulgation and publication in Monitorul Oficial.	Bills are passed by the House of Representatives and assented to by the President before publication in the Government Gazette.	Bills pass both chambers and receive Royal Assent. A persistent deadlock can trigger a double dissolution and, ultimately, a joint sitting.
Legal profession	Lawyers (avocați) are admitted through local bars affiliated to the UNBR after examination and a two-year traineeship; notaries and judicial enforcement officers are separate professions.	Advocates are admitted to the bar after a law degree and warrant; legal procurators and notaries handle procedural filing and authentication of deeds.	Admission is state-based but nationally recognised; practitioners may be admitted as barristers and solicitors, with an independent bar in most states.

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.