Parliaments of the World : A Reference Compendium / Valentine Herman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herman, Valentine, author.

Contributor:

Mendel, Françoise.

Inter-parliamentary Union, Content Provider.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Legislative bodies--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Legislative bodies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (997 p.): Zahlr. Abb.

Edition:

Reprint 2015

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Parliaments of the World" verfügbar.

Contents:

Frontmatter

KEY TO SYMBOLS USED IN THE TABLES

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

PART 1: COMPOSITION OF PARLIAMENT

Table 1 and 2: Characteristics of Parliament

Table 3. The Electorate's Qualifications

Table 4. The Electoral Register

Table 5. Criteria of Eligibility for Candidature

Table 6. Nomination and Candidates

Table 7. The Election Campaign

Table 8. Electoral Constituencies

Table 9. The Electoral System

Table 10. Special Provisions for the Ballot

Table 11. Compulsory Voting

Table 12. Balloting Procedure

Table 13. Proclamation and Validation of Elections

Table 14. Incompatibility of Occupations and Professions with Membership of Parliament

Table 15. Nature of Parliamentary Mandate

Table 16. Filling of Vacancies

Table 17. Parliamentary Immunities

Table 18. Offences Against Parliament

Tables 19. and 20. Parliamentary Remuneration and Facilities and Services

Part 2: ORGANISATION AND OPERATION OF PARLIAMENT

Table 21. Features Of The Chamber

Table 22. Procedural Independence

Table 23. Financial Independence

Table 24. The Sessions of Parliament

Table 25. Subsidiary Bodies and Joint Sittings

Table 26. The Directing Authority

Table 27. Head of Staff of Parliament

Table 28. Order of Business

Table 29. Debate in the House

Table 30. Speeches in the House

Table 31. Order in the House

Table 32. Methods of Voting

Table 33. Quorum and Voting Majorities

Table 34. Publication of Debates

Table 35. Official Languages of Parliament

Table 36. Political Parties and Groups

Table 37. Committees

Table 38. Chairmen and Staff of Committees

Table 39. Meetings of Committees

Table 40. Attendance at Committee Meetings

Table 41. Parliament and its Means of Information

Table 42. Information provided by the Documentation Services

Table 43. Parliament and Journalists

Table 44. Broadcasting of Parliamentary Debates

PART 3: LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION OF PARLIAMENT

Table 45. The Legislative Function

Table 46. Legislative Function in Bicameral Parliaments

Table 47. Initiation of Legislation

Table 48. Extra-Parliamentary Consultations on Legislation

Table 49. Volume of Legislation

Table 50. Stages in the Legislative Process

Table 51. The Role of Committees in the Legislative Process

Table 52. Amendments to Bills

Table 53. Delegated Legislation

Table 54. Reconsideration and Vetoing of Legislation

Table 55. Control of the Constitutional Validity of Laws

PART 4: POWERS OF PARLIAMENT OVER FINANCE

Table 56. Nature of the Budget

Table 57. Timing of the Budget

Table 58. Preparation of the Budget

Table 59. Consideration of the Budget by Parliament

Table 60. The Budget and Bicameral Parliaments

PART 5: CONTROL OF THE EXECUTIVE BY PARLIAMENT

Table 61. Role of Parliament in Appointing the Executive

Table 62. Responsibility of the Government to Parliament

Table 63. Dissolution of Parliament

Table 64. Control of the Government (Questions, Interpellations, etc.)

Table 65. Conduct and Control of Foreign Affairs

Table 66. Control of Public Expenditure

Table 67. Control of Public Undertakings

Table 68. The Ombudsman and other Supervisory Bodies

Part 6: OTHER FUNCTIONS OF PARLIAMENT

Table 69. Nomination Of Government Officials And Judges By Parliament

Table 70. Judicial Functions Of Parliament

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9783111691053

3111691055

OCLC:

979887119