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Comparison of selected legal systems
Attribute	RwandaReviewed	LithuaniaReviewed	MalawiReviewed
Legal family	Mixed (civil law transitioning toward common law)	Civil law	English common law with customary law
System of government	Unitary presidential republic	Unitary semi-presidential republic	Presidential republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda	Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania	Constitution of the Republic of Malawi
In force since	2003	1992	1994
Capital	Kigali	Vilnius	Lilongwe
Official languages	Kinyarwanda, English, French, Swahili	Lithuanian	English, Chichewa
Currency	Rwandan Franc (RWF)	Euro (EUR)	Malawian kwacha (MWK)
Population	14,100,000	2,860,000	20,900,000
Division of powers	Presidential system with a Prime Minister, a bicameral Parliament of Chamber of Deputies and Senate, and a judiciary headed by the Supreme Court which also exercises constitutional jurisdiction.	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 with three regions and 28 districts administered by local councils. Traditional authorities exercise recognised functions over customary land and local dispute resolution.
How law is made	Bills are examined in committee and plenary in both chambers, with organic laws requiring three-fifths majorities. The President promulgates and may request a second reading; the Supreme Court may review constitutionality.	Bills are adopted by the Seimas and signed by the President, who may veto and return a bill for reconsideration.	Bills pass three readings in the National Assembly with committee scrutiny and are presented for presidential assent, which must be given or withheld within 21 days. Constitutional amendments require a two-thirds majority, and amendments affecting entrenched provisions additionally require a referendum.
Legal profession	Advocates admitted through the Rwanda Bar Association after a law degree and bar course; practice increasingly requires English-language common-law competence alongside civil-law training.	Advocates belong to the Lithuanian Bar Association; notaries handle property, company and succession formalities.	A fused profession of legal practitioners admitted by the High Court after a law degree, regulated by the Malawi Law Society under the Legal Education and Legal Practitioners Act.

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