Abstract
Autore:
Pansardi Pamela
Titolo:
"Il declino del Parlamento e la funzione legislativa"
In line with the principle of
the separation of powers, parliament is traditionally
considered the institution charged
with legislative power. However, the thesis of
the decline of parliaments, first formulated by
Lord Bryce at the beginning of the twentieth
century, claims that parliaments are losing
their central role within democratic political
systems, since governments are progressively
taking over a wider range of their legislative
prerogatives. In this article, the thesis of
the decline of parliaments will be discussed
arguing that the legislative function is only
one of the relevant functions played by parliaments
within the political system. Along
with the legislative function, we can identify
other relevant activities of the parliament:
the representative function, the government
formation function and the legitimizing function.
Accordingly, even if parliaments are
losing legislative power in their relationship
with the government, we cannot conclude
that the central role of parliaments among
political institutions is in decline.
