TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herman,Valentine
AU  - Mendel,Françoise
TI  - Parliaments of the World: A Reference Compendium 
SN  - 9783111303567
AV  - JF501 .H45 1976
U1  - 328/.3 
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston : 
PB  - De Gruyter, 
KW  - Legislative bodies
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - Parlament
KW  - REFERENCE / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111691053
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