AP Comparative Government and Politics / Unit 2: Political Institutions
2.6 Legislative Systems
Notes
- Unicameral (one chamber: China's NPC, Iran's Majles) or bicameral (two: UK, Russia, Mexico, Nigeria).
- Legislatures make laws, approve budgets, oversee executives.
- UK: House of Commons (elected) is more powerful than the House of Lords.
Practice
The UK's more powerful chamber:
Elected chamber.
Iran's legislature (Majles) is:
One chamber.
Legislatures in authoritarian states often:
Rubber stamp.
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