- Author:
Tomasz Litwin
- E-mail:
tomasz.litwin@gmail.com
- Institution:
Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6956-6959
- Year of publication:
2019
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
39-51
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2019.06.03
- PDF:
ppk/52/ppk5203.pdf
The Polish Constitution from 1921 established the bicameral model of the parliament composed of Sejm and Senate. The Article 35 para. 2 of the Constitution clearly sanctioned the right of the Senate to reject the whole draft of the bill adopted by the Sejm. However, neither this rule nor any other rule of the Constitution precised the consequences of such practice. This loophole in the constitutional rules caused controversies among constitutional law experts from that time and remains controversial even at present. The main aim of the article written within the constitutional-legal perspective is to present the position of the most prominent legal experts and the position of the author on the analyzed issue.
- Author:
Magdalena Maksymiuk
- E-mail:
maksymiuk.uksw@gmail.com
- Institution:
Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5711-4920
- Author:
Marcin Karlikowski
- E-mail:
m. karlikowski@interia.pl
- Institution:
Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7825-7111
- Year of publication:
2021
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
369-385
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2021.01.22
- PDF:
ppk/59/ppk5922.pdf
Senate of the interwar period in Republic of Poland and Czechoslovakia
The article is an attempt to compare the constitutional position of the second chambers of parliament in the interwar period in Poland and Czechoslovakia. It was the time of shaping the post-war order. The article shows differences and similarities between the two systems in regard to Senates, bearing in mind the similar political situation at that time, as well as the similarity of drawing patterns from the constitutional order of the Third French Republic.
- Author:
Magdalena Maksymiuk
- E-mail:
m.maksymiuk@uksw.edu.pl
- Institution:
Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
- ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5711-4920
- Year of publication:
2024
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
91-101
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/ppk.2024.04.07
- PDF:
ppk/80/ppk8007.pdf
Bicameralism in Kenya-Restoration of the Senate by the 2010 Constitution and its Current Role in Kenya’s Constitutional Order
Article seeks to determine the constitutional position of the Senate in Kenya. Despite the return in the Kenyan parliament to the bicameral model, the analysis of the legislation and its implementation in the system, show that the distribution of powers between the chambers suggests the adoption of a system of non-equilibrium bicameralism, where the dominant role is played by the National Assembly. Indeed, the competencies of the Senate have defined along the lines of federal-type stat Bicameralism in Kenya-Restoration of the Senate by the 2010 Constitution and its current role in Kenya’s constitutional order es, reducing the role of the second chamber to a caretaker function towards the counties (not arbitrary in nature), while significantly limiting its role within the legislature. In the current political situation, the powers of the Second Chamber are challenged from two sides. This is influenced by the National Assembly, as well as the executive branch of the counties, which is demanding broader autonomy. Thus, despite the bicameralism declared by the constitution, functional arrangements seem to be moving toward a unicameral model.