How many bicameral legislatures are there?
How many bicameral legislatures are there?
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有多少个两院制立法机构？
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2004
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P. Norton
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P. Norton
一旦一个机构被界定为立法机构，它就可以被确定为一院制或两院制。因此，列出那些只有一个议院的立法机构和那些有两个议院的立法机构应该是一项简单的任务。然而，关于什么是第二分庭，存在一些模糊之处。本书提供了三个例子，说明立法机构被正式定义为一院制，但却表现出两院制的特征。博茨瓦纳、伊朗和欧洲联盟就是例子。这些建议提出了应否增加两院制立法机关的数目，以及我们如何理解“第二议院”的问题。本文是根据2004年10月在船体大学举行的立法研究生研讨会上的演讲撰写的。
Once a body has been defined as a legislature, it can then be identified as being either unicameral or bicameral. Listing those legislatures that have a single chamber and those that have two should, therefore, be a straightforward task. However, there is some ambiguity as to what constitutes a second chamber. Three examples are offered of legislatures that are formally defined as unicameral but which exhibit characteristics of bicameralism. The examples are those of Botswana, Iran and the European Union. They serve to raise the question of whether the number of legislatures listed as bicameral should be increased and what we understand by the term second chamber. This paper is based on a talk given to the Graduate Workshop on Legislative Studies at the University of Hull in October 2004.