On the Juridification of Parliamentary Practice and Procedures

Abstract

Abstract The maintenance and reform of parliamentary law increasingly focus on legal norms and the language of the courts. They are shaped by constitutional discourse and court rulings. As in other parts of public and administrative law we encounter an ever more technical and detailed approach in parliamentary law. In this way, we may counter tendencies to weaken democracy and the rule of law, integrate parliamentary procedures into administrative law and organisation and thus neutralize or disguise the political dimension of parliamentarism; or, on the other hand, alienate parliamentary procedures and proceedings from the public and from politicians who are no longer able to understand and communicate about them.