Pozycja ustrojowa parlamentu finlandzkiego Eduskunty
The constitutional position of the Finnish Parliament Eduskunta

Summary/Abstract: The hereby paper takes up the analysis of the constitutional position of the Finnish parliament Eduskunta from the moment of its establishment and as a result of its development during the centuries, with a special attention paid to the present normative state and on the basis of the hithertoconstitutional practice. It aims at deriving the origin and presenting the evolution of this authority atthe Finnish lands, which in consequence leads to reliable conclusions in the scope of determiningits current constitutional position in the system of the supreme state authorities of Finland. Thesubject of the paper focuses on the analysis of the beginnings of Eduskunta’s formation and Finnishparliamentarianism, its further evolution, current composition, internal structure, functions and competences presented on the basis of the exegesis of the provisions of the binding basic law of 1999and the parliament’s rules of procedure. The constitutional principles referring to the parliament andthe analysis of Eduskunta’s relations with the other supreme state authorities, which determine the state’s form of government, seem to be of particular significance in this context, as they contributeto a more precise definition of Eduskunta’s constitutional position, as well as to pointing out its originality and dissimilarity regarding other contemporary democratic states.

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