Library of Legislative Studies
About the Book Series
The Library of Legislative Studies comprises scholarly books - including individual country studies as well as major comparative works - that advance knowledge of legislatures and legislative processes. The volumes in the library are designed to be of value to students and scholars in legislative studies, comparative government, constitutional law, and European and regional integration.
Comparing and Classifying Legislatures
1st Edition
Edited
By David Arter
October 13, 2009
Recent years have witnessed substantial work in the legislative studies field. But what do we know about legislatures today and are there clear criteria for comparing and classifying them? This is a new review of the state of our knowledge of parliament and tackles key ...
Post-Communist and Post-Soviet Parliaments: The Initial Decade
1st Edition
Edited
By Philip Norton, David M. Olson
February 20, 2009
The sudden collapse of communism stimulated both the rapid emergence of fledgling democracies and scholarly attention to the post-communist transition. These newly democratized parliaments have been described as "parliaments in adolescence". This book identifies six parliaments which exemplify the...
Southern European Parliaments in Democracy
1st Edition
Edited
By Cristina Leston-Bandeira
September 29, 2005
Southern European Parliaments in Democracy analyses the development of the parliaments of Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Turkey since the mid-1980s. This book considers the challenges of the transition to democracy and outlines how the Parliaments of Southern Europe have adapted to ...