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The article examines the current problems of parliamentary control in the Russian Federation. It is determined that the absence of the concept of "parliamentary control" at the legislative level, as well as the absence of any form of parliamentary control in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, requires regulation. The ideas of prominent constitutional scholars on the subject of parliamentary control are presented for analysis.

The right of the German Bundestag to have the final say on decisions to deploy German armed forces abroad is currently subject to intense political and public debate. Two central challenges for German security and defense policy are fundamental to this debate. Firstly, deployment decisions of this kind increasingly are being predetermined at the international level - within the respective frameworks of NATO and the EU - to such an extent that in reality there is very little room left for parliament if it is to avoid seriously abrogating Germany's alliance responsibilities. Secondly, emerging security threats have led to closer integration of national security institutions and actors and this in turn requires an adaptation of structures of parliamentary control. How should parliament respond to these developments?

THIS AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT IN PARLIAMENT THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS' USE OF DELEGATED LEGISLATION. PROCEDURES FOR SCRUTINIZING SUCH LEGISLATION HAD NOT BEEN EXAMINED IN DEPTH FOR FORTY YEARS. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE PROBLEMS WHICH AROSE DURING THIS PERIOD OF NEGLECT AND COMMENTS UPON PARLIAMENT'S RECENT ATTEMPT TO TACKLE THOSE PROBLEMS.

Parliamentary democracy means that the political executive is accountable to the parliamentary majority. However, when both the parliamentary majority and the cabinet consist of two or more distinct political parties, it is often difficult for the parliamentary majority to monitor and control the executive. In this article, we focus on political delegation from parliamentarians to the executive branch under multiparty parliamentary government. We identify the most important mechanisms parliamentary parties employ to remedy the accountability problems that may arise, as well as the arenas in which they are exercised: the executive arena, the parliamentary arena, and the extraparliamentary arena. We discuss the effectiveness of accountability mechanisms arena by arena, examine their use in 15 Western European countries that frequently feature coalition governments, and review our knowledge of how parliaments and parliamentary parties control political delegation and accountability in coalition governments.

Address before the Institute of public administration, London, Jan. 13, 1948.