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These reports describe national parliaments in a variety of jurisdictions. They trace the establishment of the current national parliamentary systems and locations of these Parliaments. They also discuss the elections of each Parliament's memebers, the members' terms of office, and the legislative process by which bills are introduced and passed into law.

January 2016 Report (PDF, 1.13MB)

• Australia
• Canada
• China
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Japan
• Mexico
• South Korea
• Sweden
• United Kingdom

February 2017 Report (PDFs available from the country pages)

• India
• Kenya
• Nigeria
• Pakistan

Feburary 2018 report (PDF, 1016KB; EU only PDF, 200KB)

• European Parliament
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Portugal
• Spain
• Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

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Last Updated: 07/03/2018