Parliaments - Fundamental design - Cameral structure

3 important questions on Parliaments - Fundamental design - Cameral structure

What is the difference between unicameral and bicameral countries?

Whether legislation is deliberated in two or one assembly

What is in a good bicameral system the distribution of rights and powers between the two chambers?

The senate may provide an extra check on the executive and on the lower chamber, thus allowing for better-considered and more reflective law-making; the lower chamber is for the parliamentary style of working

What do detractors of a senate argue?

Second chambers are either redundant (if the mirror the composition of the lower house, if not, it is challenging but more democratic) or elitist (if they are not democratically elected)

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