NUST Institutions Library Catalogue

1 Introduction page 1Conventional Categories of Constitutional Systems 2The Legislative Powers Survey 3The Survey Items 4The Parliamentary Powers Index 13The Use of Constitutions 15Use of the Data 16Debts and Acknowledgments 162 Country Studies .. 18 National Assembly of Afghanistan 18Assembly of Albania 22Parliament of Algeria 27National Assembly of Angola 31Argentine National Congress 36Armenian National Assembly 40Parliament of Australia 44Austrian Parliament 48Parliament of Azerbaijan 52National Assembly of Bahrain 56Bangladesh Parliament 61National Assembly of Belarus 65Federal Parliament of Belgium 70National Assembly of Benin 74National Assembly of Bhutan 78Bolivian National Congress 81Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina 86National Assembly of Botswana 89 National Congress of Brazil 94National Assembly of Bulgaria 98National Assembly of Burkina Faso 103Parliament of Burundi 107National Assembly of Cambodia 112National Assembly of Cameroon 117Parliament of Canada 121National Assembly of the Central African Republic 125National Assembly of Chad 130Congress of Chile 135Chinese National People’s Congress 140Congress of Colombia 144Assembly of Comoros 150Parliament of Congo-Brazzaville (Republic of Congo) 155National Assembly of Congo-Kinshasa (Democratic Republicof Congo) 159Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica 165Parliament of Croatia 173National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba 178House of Representatives of Cyprus 182Parliament of the Czech Republic 187Parliament of Denmark 191National Congress of the Dominican Republic 195National Congress of Ecuador 199People’s Assembly of Egypt 205Legislative Assembly of El Salvador 210National Assembly of Eritrea 214Parliament of Estonia 218Parliament of Ethiopia 224Parliament of Fiji 229Parliament of Finland 235Parliament of France 240Parliament of Gabon 245National Assembly of The Gambia 250Supreme Council of Georgia 255Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany 261Parliament of Ghana 266Parliament of Greece 272Congress of Guatemala 278National Assembly of Guinea 283National People’s Assembly of Guinea-Bissau 287National Assembly of Guyana 292National Assembly of Haiti 297National Congress of Honduras 301National Assembly of Hungary 305Parliament of India 311House of Representatives of Indonesia 316Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran 320Council of Representatives of Iraq 325Parliament of Ireland 330Parliament of Israel 334Parliament of Italy 338Parliament of Jamaica 343 National Diet of Japan 348National Assembly of Jordan 353Parliament of Kazakhstan 357National Assembly of Kenya 362Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republicof Korea (North Korea) 366National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) 370 National Assembly of Kuwait 374Legislative Assembly of Kyrgyzstan 379National Assembly of Laos 384Parliament of Latvia 388 National Assembly of Lebanon 392Parliament of Lesotho 397National Assembly of Liberia 402General People’s Congress of Libya 406 Parliament of Lithuania 409Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia 414National Assembly of Madagascar 418National Assembly of Malawi 423Parliament of Malaysia 428National Assembly of Mali 432Parliament of Mauritania 436National Assembly of Mauritius 441 Mexican Congress 447Parliament of Moldova 451Great State Assembly of Mongolia 456Parliament of Morocco 460Assembly of Mozambique 465People’s Assembly of Myanmar (Burma) 469National Assembly of Namibia 470Parliament of Nepal 475States-General of the Netherlands 481Parliament of New Zealand 484National Assembly of Nicaragua 487National Assembly of Niger 491National Assembly of Nigeria 495 Parliament of Norway 501Council of Oman 505Parliament of Pakistan 508National Assembly of Panama 514National Parliament of Papua New Guinea 519Congress of Paraguay 524Congress of Peru 529Congress of the Philippines 534Parliament of Poland 539Assembly of Portugal 545Consultative Council of Qatar 550Parliament of Romania 554Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation 560Parliament of Rwanda 565Consultative Council of Saudi Arabia 570National Assembly of Senegal 574National Assembly of Serbia 578Parliament of Sierra Leone 584Parliament of Singapore 590National Council of the Slovak Republic 595Parliament of Slovenia 600Transitional Federal Assembly of Somalia 604Parliament of South Africa 605The General Courts of Spain 610Parliament of Sri Lanka 616National Legislature of Sudan 621Parliament of Swaziland 626Parliament of Sweden 63Federal Assembly of Switzerland 636People’s Assembly of Syria 640Legislative Yuan of Taiwan, Republic of China 644Supreme Assembly of Tajikistan 648National Assembly of Tanzania 652National Assembly of Thailand 659 National Parliament of Timor-Leste 666National Assembly of Togo 671Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago 676Turkish Grand National Assembly 685People’s Council of Turkmenistan 692National Assembly of Uganda 696Supreme Council of Ukraine 702 Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates 708Parliament of the United Kingdom 713Congress of the United States of America 716 Uruguayan General Assembly 720Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan 725National Assembly of Venezuela 729National Assembly of Vietnam 734Parliament of Yemen 739National Assembly of Zambia 744Parliament of Zimbabwe 7483 Comprehensive Lists of Country Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754Parliamentary Powers Index Scores by Country, in AlphabeticalOrder 754Parliamentary Powers Index Scores by Country, in Orderof Scores 7564 List of Expert Consultants .758Select Bibliography 765Index 797