The Speaker, as the executive body of Polish Parliament has the authority to coordinate legislative activities. The authority covers formal control over a project brought, especially its justification, disposition to print the project and deliver it to the members of parliament as well as – which needs to be stressed – resolving the decision to undertake substantial works on a legislative project brought. The binding regulations concerning coordination of legislative activities were analyzed in the context of the parliamentary opposition’s laws. The problem broached relates to the legal instruments by the use of which the parliamentary opposition may influence the Speaker’s decision on undertaking substantial works on a legislative project brought by it.

Legal protection of the polish Parliament members’ includes material, formal and personal immunity. The material immunity guarantees that deputies mustn’t be called to account for their activity which is a part of their seats in the Parliament. The formal immunity prohibits instituting legal proceedings against a deputy without the Parliament’s agreement. The personal immunity means a prohibit of deputies’ detention and arresting without the Parliament’s agreement. A wide range of legal protection of the polish Parliament members’ guarantees them free and independent representative activity. An aim of these privileges is an assurance of independence and autonomy of the polish Parliament. It is important to remember that in accordance with the present legislatives deputy’s immunity mustn’t be treated as a privilege that guarantees impunity and relieving deputies’ of criminal responsibility

The aim of this article was to show parliaments of three Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) and their typical attributes. They all are single chamber parliaments. Among the most important features are: monopoly of legislature, government dependence of parliament and small number of parties in parliament. Seimas, Saeima and Riigikogu are independent objects that makes them efficient political bodies and also makes their political systems more stable.

This paper deals with selected aspects of the cooperation of the Government of the Russian Federation with authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation in the realization of the legislative initiatives. It is shown that cooperation of the central government with local legislatives is aimed at linking in the federal legislative process the partial, particular and specific interests – characteristic for parts of the Russian Federation – with building effective state policies.

The article constitutes a monograph on issues of the alteration of the second house of the Parliament in the Polish political model. In the beginning there was explained the genesis of the contemporary shape of the Senate in the system of the state authorities. There was established that the contemporary political concept of this house of the Parliament doesn’t guarantee an optimum performance before of her function and competence. However to prevent the hasty liquidation of the Senate there were considered possible directions of his alteration.