Questions tagged [legislature]

It is clear that laws are drafted with an immense level of attention to minute legalistic detail with care often put into the choices of every word. Indeed, needless to say, courts and litigation parties often agonise on the choices of single words,…

Why do legislatures give a tiny subset of their members veto power over a bill? Isn't that undemocratic? Why can't they simply debate and vote on every bill introduced as a whole?

Many parliamentary systems allow MPs (members of parliament) to be ministers at the same time. But assuming that ministers cannot serve in parliamentary committees simultaneously, this creates a number problem where the governing party may not have…