更強大的國會，更強大的民主

Journal of Democracy Volume 17, Number 1, January 2006

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_democracy/toc/jod17.1.h
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Fish, M. Steven (Michael Steven), 1962-

Stronger Legislatures, Stronger Democracies

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Subject Headings:

Democratization -- Former communist countries. Legislative power -- Former communist countries.

Abstract:

In order to assess the real impact of different governmental
arrangements on democratization, we must penetrate beyond
general categories for classifying constitutional systems and
measure the power of specific institutions.

This essay presents a new instrument for measuring the powers of national
legislatures across different constitutional frameworks that
examines the postcommunist countries' Freedom House scores and
ratings on a Parliamentary Powers Index at the constitutional
moment and beyond. The evidence shows that the strength of the
national legislature may be an institutional key to democratization.
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台灣的國會沒有調查權
彈劾權被分割成
(立法院)國會的總統彈劾罷免權
跟(監察院)一般官員(文官與政務官)之彈劾權

地方議會其實也僅有議會進行中之小組調查權
[議會有調查權，這是很多人連議員自己都不知道的]


因此
對於行政權之監督與牽制
常常在反對勢力[廣義的，包括民間團體中介團體如律師團體/人民團體/家庭/宗教，最後才是反對黨]衰頹時

自由與公民權極易受到侵害
受侵害機率大增

這就是為何1106陳特使來台的新228事件之中與之後
僅能以街頭抗爭與微弱的議會質詢 /律師到場聲援監督警察
以及事實無效的司法告訴來牽制行政權的整個台灣人權背景
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http://www.npf.org.tw/post/1/2627
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