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Pojam, vrste i osnovna obeležja parlamentarnog mandata
Concept, Types and Characteristics of the Parliamentary Mandate

Author(s): Stefan Surlić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: political representation; parliament; parliamentary mandate; free mandate; imperative mandate

Summary/Abstract: This paper has an aim to present the status of Members of Parliaments (MPs) in the contemporary democratic societies. By considering different doctrines of representation, it is possible to analyze historical pattern of national parliaments development, and characteristic of MPs mandates from earlier periods until now. Comparative analysis help us draw basic common principles, which contemporary democracies are leaded by in making decisions about their parliamentary mandate models, further more about particular exceptions produced by different historical and political contexts, and specifics of Serbian parliamentary mandates as well

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 51-64
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Serbian