Considerations on the bicameral parliamentary system in Romania

Mihaela Adina Apostolache ()
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Mihaela Adina Apostolache: Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Economics, Marketing and Business Administration Department

Juridical Tribune - Review of Comparative and International Law, 2014, vol. 4, issue 2, 61-68

Abstract: The study approaches the way Romanian bicameralism functions, considering both its strengths and weaknesses. In addition, the unicameral parliamentary system is presented in relation to the bicameral one. In the doctrine, there are several opinions according to which bicameralism is preferred to unicameralism, because the two Houses provide increased safety, as the concentration of legislative power in one place could be both dangerous and, often, unjustified. But the two Chambers should not be similar, as this would not serve their guaranteeing purpose. Furthermore, bicameralism consolidates the balance and solidity of democratic regimes, providing a better separation of powers.

Keywords: Parliament; bicameralism; unicameralism; competences; representativity; constitutional changes. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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