System parlamentarno-gabinetowy w Królestwie Włoch przed I wojną światową
Parliamentary-Cabinet System in the Kingdom of Italy before World War I

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses the functioning of the parliamentary-cabinet system in Italy before the First World War. This model of government was brought into use in the Kingdom of Sardinia, shortly after the entryinto force of the Albertine Statute (1848), and then was applied in the united monarchy in which theStatute was recognized as a Basic Law. The then Italian parliamentary system was based solely on practice,and not on the provisions of the Constitution, according to which ministers were appointed anddismissed by the monarch. Discussing the Italian parliamentary system , the author shows that the voteof censure could either take the form of an explicit resolution of the Chamber of Deputies containingdemand for resignation of the Cabinet or a vote could be implied if the reason for the resignation of thegovernment was the defeat in the parliamentary vote, for example, on the bill. The author also discussesthe tools of parliamentary oversight over the executive used in the Kingdom of Italy and views onthe political responsibility of the government presented the former Italian literature.

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