Legislature & Deliberative Institutions
The capacity to deliberate and constrain: a legislature with the committees, analytical support and scrutiny powers to make law well and hold the executive to account.
- Indicators
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- Leaders
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- Like it
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- Developments
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What Legislature & Deliberative Institutions is, and how it is measured
The capacity to deliberate and constrain: a legislature with the committees, analytical support and scrutiny powers to make law well and hold the executive to account.
Indicators
- Legislative constraints on the executive score
- Bills subject to committee scrutiny
- Parliamentary budget analysis capacity
The nations that lead in Legislature & Deliberative Institutions
These ratings stand in until the capability is rated.
| # | Nation | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | AAA |
| 2 | China | AA |
| 3 | South Korea | AA |
| 4 | Germany | A |
| 5 | Japan | A |
| 6 | Norway | A |
| 7 | Switzerland | BBB |
| 8 | Sweden | BBB |
| 9 | Israel | BB |
| 10 | Singapore | BB |
The capabilities most like Legislature & Deliberative Institutions
Likeness, from 0 to 1, as the Atlas measures it.
How Legislature & Deliberative Institutions came to be
- Governance
Historical Developments
Oldest first930
Iceland founded the Althing, the oldest surviving legislature
The Icelandic Althing was established in 930 CE as an assembly with law-making authority. It is identified as the oldest legislature still in existence, making it a foundational reference point for the continuity of deliberative institutions.
1913
The United States shifted its upper house to direct election of senators
Before 1913 the US Senate contained delegates of state governments, in the manner still seen in Germany and the European Union. From 1913 senators were elected under a formula granting equal representation to states regardless of population, changing the representative basis of the upper chamber.
Recent Developments
Most recent first1967
Yugoslavia converted its Federal Assembly into a hexacameral body
In 1967 the already pentacameral Federal Assembly gained a sixth chamber. This remains the highest number of chambers in any legislature recorded.
1963
Yugoslavia established a pentacameral Federal Assembly
The Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia was created in 1963 with five chambers, the only legislature ever to exceed four. It represents the outer limit of multicameral legislative design.