DREPTUL PARLAMENTAR, COMPONENTA A DEMOCRATIEI
PARLIAMENTARY LAW, PART OF DEMOCRACY

Summary/Abstract: The modern state that emerged following the Peace of Westphalia has generated the development of political institutions in which to express the will of citizens and political parties. Parliament is an institution with a fundamental role in any democratic society, along with the institution of the head of state, government and judiciary organization. This article shows how it appeared for the first time, the institution of parliament, its constitution and composition (in different periods of development of society, from the appointment, continuing with the census and to universal suffrage). It also done a comparative analysis of unicameralism with bicameralism, presenting the advantages and disadvantages that each of these modes of existence of the institution of parliament implies. It is presented the political structure of parliament and it is insisted on the functions that Parliament has on the proper functioning of a state in good governance of public affairs, in representing citizens in the control of how the executive exercises the power.

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