GOVERNMENT IN THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF THE FRG (Rzad w systemie parlamentarnym RFN)

• Authors: Zwierzchowski Eugeniusz
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The Bonn Constituent Assembly has developed a unique and innovative form of parliamentary system. Its normative approach, particularly the method of constitutional regulation of the position of the Federal Chancellor within the structure of government bodies and in the system of supreme authorities of the Federation, is very distinct, therefore even serious German constitutionalists doubted if it is consistent with the model of parliamentary government. The author attempts to confront appropriate norms of the Basic Law with their practical application. First, he presents normative solutions of the Basic Law specifying the legal status of the Chancellor and constitutionally separated organs of the federal government, as well as the legal basis for their operation. He also provides a relatively concise description of mutual influence exerted by main political actors, including the elites of political parties functioning within institutionalized decision-making structures responsible for appointments and shaping future and current goals of the authorities of the Federation. The author is particularly interested in its influence on separated branches of the federal government, as well as the influences of the latter on decisions of other organs. One of the final conclusions is that the period when, due to post-war underdevelopment of socio-political institutions, the executive covered the whole political sphere at the same time marginalizing the impact of other political institutions, ended in the mid 1960s. The balance - temporarily upset - between the authorities and the political establishment was changed to the disadvantage of the executive. The significance of diverse political elites increased as they began to effectively influence the shape of government policy. This means an increasing role of both representative bodies and party leadership. Currently, they play a key role in the system of government. This is typical not only of the Federal Republic, but also of all countries where the institutional shape of democratic political system so permits.

Keywords

EN

BASIC LAW (GERMANY); FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (GERMANY)

Discipline

• LAW_&_ADMINISTRATION: LAW & ADMINISTRATION

• Publisher: Kancelaria Sejmu / Chancellery of the Sejm
• Journal: Przegląd Sejmowy
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 6(95)
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zwierzchowski Eugeniusz

• Eugeniusz Zwierzchowski, Uniwersytet Slaski w Katowicach, Wydzial Prawa i Administracji, ul. Bankowa 11b, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA07345