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Status prawny i praktyka funkcjonowania podkomisji w Sejmie RP
Legal status and practice of the functioning of subcommittees in the Sejm of the Republic of Poland

Author(s): Mariusz A. Kamiński
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: subcommittee; committee; Sejm; parliament; legislative process

Summary/Abstract: The article provides an analysis of the Standing Orders of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland concerning the functioning of subcommittees against the parliamentary practice of the seven terms of the Sejm (1991–2015). Herein, subcommittees are classifi ed based on the subject matter of their activity and tasks. The most important legal problems concerning subcommittees’ activities, resulting from parliamentary practice, are also presented, such as establishing subcommittees, electing chairpersons, the course of subcommittee sittings and dissolving subcommittees.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 19-37
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish
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