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As the world moves toward greater democracy, Congressional Quarterly offers an invaluable survey of legislative bodies. For each country, the legislative body is described in terms of constitutional approach as well as practice, Chapters describe each parliament or legislature in terms of key characteristics including historical background, elections, relations with the executive branch and judiciary, budgetary control, lawmaking, parliamentary procedures, and members' rights and immunities. <p>Organized alphabetically by country, the work covers all democracies regardless of size. In addition, a number of essay articles cover various general topics relating to aspects of legislative governing.</p> <p>The World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures was developed with the guidance of a 22-member international editorial board and with the cooperation and endorsement of the Research Committee of Legislative Specialists and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in London. Signed articles by more than 75 scholars and legislative practitioners reflect the most current information and data available on world legislative bodies.</p>

Author

sponsored by Research Committee of Legislative Specialists, International Political Science Association and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Publisher

Congressional Quarterly, Inc

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9781568023663

Subjects

Political Science, Social_sciences