parliament
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A parliament is a legislative body where elected representatives meet to debate and make laws for their country or region. Different parliaments are organized in different ways—some use facing benches that encourage debate between opposing sides, while others use semicircular seating arrangements—but they all serve as the primary place where a nation's representatives conduct government business.
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- Etymology
- Early parliaments
- England
- Early forms of assembly
- ''Magna Carta'' and the model parliament
- Parliament under Henry VIII and Edward VI
- Civil War and beyond
- Acts of Union
- France
- Germanic and Nordic countries
- Italy
- Hungary
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Novgorod and Pskov
- Roman Catholic Church
- Scotland
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- Development of modern parliaments
- United Kingdom
- Sweden
- Poland
- Parliamentary system
- Women in parliament
- List of national parliaments
- Parliaments of the European Union
- Others
- List of subnational parliaments
- Australia
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Denmark
- Finland
- Germany
- India
- Indian states and territorial legislative assemblies
- Indian states legislative councils
- Malaysia
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Switzerland
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United Kingdom
- Other parliaments
- Contemporary supranational parliaments
- Equivalent national legislatures
- Defunct
- See also
- References
- External links
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A parliament is a type of legislature, or law-making body, of a state. Generally, a parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the executive government via hearings and inquiries. Its role is similar to that of a senate, synod or congress; a parliament is the institutional form of parliamentary systems based on the fusion of powers. The term parliament is commonly used in countries that are current or former monarchies. Some contexts restrict the use of the word to parliamentary systems, although it is also used to describe the legislature in some presidential systems (e.g., the Parliament of Ghana), even where it is not in the official name. A parliament is typically made up of elected members, who are legislators.