The Capacity of Parliaments for Legislative Control

Abstract

Elected parliaments act as representatives for the public control of the government. Judicially, this follows from constitutions and parliamentary orders, and may even be regulated by courts (Szábo 2023). Broader, the capacity of parliaments – administration, policy expertise, and communication – is likely to impact on legislation and control. Within these themes this panel welcomes theoretical as well as empirical papers, either comparative in scope, or within single countries.

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