DRUHÁ KOMORA PARLAMENTU

• Authors: Dušan Nikodým

Title variants

EN

Second chamber of parliament

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

In the legal theory and practice we often encounter weaknesses that are attributed to the law-making. For the purposes of the improvement of parliamentary powers as a system solution, the introduction of bicameralism into legislation can be considered. A two-chamber system in plural democracy can contribute to the balancing of interests that may be competitive or conflicting, which can be observed in the regional policy as well. For the Slovak Republic as a unitary state, it is suitable to consider the setting up of the second chamber of a regional type. The regional and territorial development requires the mitigation of regional disparities. The second chamber can also contribute to the prevention of inflation in the law-making and insufficiently elaborated draft legislation. In the mutual relations of the chambers the method of settlement of disputes is important. The relations between chambers are also affected by the political composition. If it is more or less single-party, the importance of the second chamber may decline. It is assumed that elections in the individual chambers will take place at different dates. The application of a majority election system in the regional chamber is suggested to allow higher-tier territorial unites to exert an influence on the election of candidates. The possibility of candidature without membership in a political party is opening up.

Keywords

EN

BICAMERALISM; REGIONAL CHAMBER; LEGISLATION; CHAMBERS; PARLIAMENT; SLOVAKIA; POLICY

• Publisher: Institute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Právny obzor. Teoretický časopis pre otázky štátu a práva (Juridical Review. Theoretical journal for the questions of state and law)
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 94
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 531 – 544

Contributors

author

Dušan Nikodým

• Ústav štátu a práva SAV, Bratislava, Slovak Republic