00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000009200 20200508204708 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||eng|| 1579581218 010-0520009200 eng 001.42 001.42/WOR/W George Thomas Kurian World encyclopedia of parliaments and legislatures London Fitzroy Dearborn publisher 1998 xxxi, 427 hlm. :illus.; 28 cm Indeks : P. 1-38 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 member's rights and immunities. 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. parliaments encyclopedia