Portale di Ateneo - En.Unibs.it

1. PARLIAMENTARY INSTITUTIONS
The Italian System of Government
Italian Parliamentary Institutions
The historical development of the Italian parliamentary law
2. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES
The Constitution and Statutes
The Standing Orders
Speakers' Rulings
Practice
The Authorities
The Relationship Between Procedural Sources
3. PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES
Contents and Introduction
Parliamentary Privilege: A Definition
Historical Perspective
The Constitutional Limitations of Privilege
Privilege Versus Contempt
The Structure of Privilege
Rights and Immunities of Individual Members
Rights of the House as a Collectivity
Procedure for Dealing with Matters of Privilege
4. THE REPRESENTATIVENESS OF PARLIAMENT
The electoral system
From proportional to majoritarian electoral system
Accountability and responsiveness of MP’s
Parliamentary groups and party leadership
5. ITALIAN BICAMERALISM AND THE INTERNAL ORGANISATION OF THE HOUSES
The Speaker and Other Presiding Officers of the House
Committees
The Parliamentary Cycle
Sittings of the House
The Daily Program
The Process of Debate
The Curtailment of Debate
Special Debates
6. THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
Historical Perspective
Types of Bills
Forms of Bills
Structure of Bills
Stages in the Legislative Process
Financial Procedures
Delegated legislation and Necessity and Urgency Decree
7. PARLIAMENTS AND MINISTRIES
Majority Supporting the Government
The Confidence Convention
Duration of a Parliament and a Ministry
8. ITALIAN PARLIAMENT AND EU INSTITUTION
9. THE PARLIAMENTARY RECORD
Parliamentary Publications
Broadcasting Services