Concept, types and characteristics of the parliamentary mandate

Abstract

This paper has an aim to present the status of Members of Parliaments (MPs) in the contemporary democratic societies. By considering different doctrines of representation, it is possible to analyze historical pattern of national parliaments development, and characteristic of MPs mandates from earlier periods until now. Comparative analysis help us draw basic common principles, which contemporary democracies are leaded by in making decisions about their parliamentary mandate models, further more about particular exceptions produced by different historical and political contexts, and specifics of Serbian parliamentary mandates as well.

Ovim radom želi se ukazati na status koji poseduju narodni predstavnici u savremenim demokratskim parlamentima. Polazeći od različitih doktrina predstavljanja, možemo pratiti istorijski put razvoja nacionalnih parlamenata, a samim tim i karakter mandata koji su uživali i koji danas uživaju njihovi članovi. Uporednom analizom ustavnih rešenja uvideće se osnovni zajednički principi kojima se vode savremene demokratije pri određenju parlamentarnog mandata, potom izuzeci koji proističu iz različitih istorijsko-političkih iskustava, kao i posebnosti mandata u parlamentarnom životu Srbije.