Together with Amal Sethi (University of Leicester) and Michael Riegner (University of Erfurt), Danny Schindler has published a special issue of the journal Verfassung und Recht in Übersee/World Comparative Law (Open Access) on the topic of "Public Law and Opposition". With contributions on China, Morocco, Pakistan and South Africa, among others, the volume sheds light on how legal regulations influence the opposition's opportunities for participation.
In the 18th IParl-Blickpunkt, Oliver Kannenberg analyses which committees in the German Bundestag make the (pre-)selection of Bundestag presidents and which criteria have been taken into account more or less over time.
Danny Schindler's study discusses possible reasons for the constitutionalisation of parliamentary minority rights and the conceptual and empirical variations in oppositional participation.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives plays a key role in the US political system. In the 118th Congress (2023-2025), Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy was the first Speaker to be removed by an internal party vote of no confidence. In his article, Alexander Kühne analyses the events surrounding the removal and explores the question of whether Donald Trump's strong influence amounts to an "executive takeover".
In their article, Franziska Carstensen and Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer emphasise that the Berlin House of Representatives is an extremely active state parliament. As a result of the recent reforms, it has developed into a professionalised full-time parliament, which is, however, facing representation challenges in the face of increased popular legislation procedures.
Does decision-making in parliamentary groups follow democratic standards? Oliver Kannenberg and Danny Schindler have investigated this question in an anthology on the Berlin House of Representatives.
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