Multicameralism

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In contrast to unicameralism, and bicameralism, multicameralism is the condition in which a legislature is divided into more than two deliberative assemblies, which are commonly called "chambers" or "houses".[1][2] This usually includes tricameralism with three chambers, but can also describe a system with any amount more. The word "multicameral" can also relate in other ways to its literal meaning of "many chambered" with use in science or biology.

Prevalence

Approximately half of the world's sovereign states are unicameral, and newer democracies and more recent constitutions are more often unicameral than not. More specifically many countries have switched to unicameralism whereas the opposite is rare. Nevertheless, many current parliaments and congresses still have a multicameral (usually bicameral) structure, which some claim provides multiple perspectives and a form of separation of powers within the legislature.[citation needed]

History

At higher degrees of multicameralism,

Parliament
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The

another constitution in 1974, abolishing the Federal Assembly and replacing it with a bicameral legislature.[9]

Benefits

Proponents of multicameral legislatures hold that multiple legislative chambers offer the opportunity to re-debate and correct errors in either chamber in parallel, and in some cases to introduce legislation in either chamber.[

legislative and executive branches of government, particularly noticeable in parliamentary systems where the leaders of the parliamentary majority also dominate the executive
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See also

References

  1. OCLC 74275466. Multicameralism remained commonplace within Europe until approximately 1800, after which most European governments gradually became bicameral, partly as a consequence of reforms associated with the French Revolution, but also as a consequence of new constitutional theories and subsequent pressures for constitutional reform{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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  2. ^ Passaglia, Paolo (2018). "Unicameralism, Bicameralism, Multicameralism: Evolution and Trends in Europe" (PDF). Perspectives on Federalism. 10 (2): 4. The real patterns of the past are those that disappeared because they were abolished more or less recently. Most of them can be jointly defined as 'multicameralism', because they featured a number of chambers greater than two.
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  4. ^ "Arhiv Jugoslavije - The Constitution of the SFRY, April 7, 1963". www.arhivyu.gov.rs.
  5. ^ Acetto, Matej. "On Law and Politics in the Federal Balance: Lessons from Yugoslavia" (PDF). www.pf.uni-lj.si. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  6. ^ "The changing faces of Federalism" (PDF). www.inv.si. 2005. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  7. OCLC 56875231. The council of nations, which was a to reflect a pluralistic ethnic structure and to assure equality among federal units and ethnic communities in the federal parliament, was still a 'sub-chamber' of the federal chamber in the five-chamber federal assembly. Its competences were very limited{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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  8. doi:10.1093/iclqaj/21.2.209
    . Ten years later, the Constitution of 1963 completely changed the whole structure of the Federal Assembly and of all the other organs of State authority. It introduced a heavy and complicated system of five or, in some cases, even six "Councils", for which the term "Chamber" seems more appropriate in order to avoid confusion between these bodies and various other councils.
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