MARTIN MANUKYAN

Responsible for monitoring the work of the

Office of the Public Defender

of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia,

Lecturer at the Department of Jurisprudence

of the Yerevan University “Gladzor”,

Candidate of Legal Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59546/18290744-2025.4-6-124

Annotation.

Analysis of the main models of Western European parliamentarism and the practice of their development shows that the structure of power in them has its own characteristics, since it is adapted to the socio-political conditions in each specific case. At the same time, it should be noted that parliamentarism is universally based on those constitutional provisions that enshrine the principle of separation of powers, mechanisms of checks and balances, freedom of activity of various political parties. At the same time, this political institution cannot function effectively if a social structure and civil society characterized by a high legal and political culture of the population are not formed. The parliament symbolizes and implements the political representation of the national state or, what is the same, the nation-state, accepts the oath of the head of state, expresses confidence in the government on behalf of the sovereign people and transfers powers to it; makes statements on international and domestic political issues; etc. The author of the article believes that it is the specifics of the relationship between the representative and executive powers that form the basis of the classification of parliaments (chambers) presented in this article: dominant, autonomous, with limited jurisdiction, and subordinate.

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