The thesis presents how the ex-Yugoslavian countries approached the issue of bicameralism. The first part of the thesis focuses on the general overview of bicameralism and the composition of parliaments, primarily on the reasons pro et contra bicameral parliament, and its consequences. Next we examine the parliaments of the ex-Yugoslavian countries Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo and Slovenia and their evolution since the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the current regulation of their parliaments and their electoral systems. Lastly, the thesis compares how the aforementioned countries approached the issues of bicameralism, size of parliament and paliamentary terms, with the emphasis on the the upper chambers and the reasons for their decline in the ex-Yugoslavian countries.
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