Erste Kammer

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Erste Kammer is the German term for a country's first or upper legislative chamber in a bicameral parliamentary system.

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Erste Kammer canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
parliamentary chamber
upper house
abbreviation 1. Kammer (context-dependent)
appliesTo national parliaments
some regional parliaments
chamberOrder first chamber
conceptualScope generic term, not a single specific institution
contrastsWith Untere Kammer
Zweite Kammer
country Germany
describes upper legislative chamber in a bicameral system
distinguishedFrom Einkammersystem
Einzelkammerparlament
domain constitutional history
public law
etymology German for "first chamber"
grammaticalGender feminine (die Kammer)
historicalUsage 19th-century German states
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

other German monarchies
language German
modernEquivalentTerm Oberhaus
erste Kammer des Parlaments
oftenRefersTo upper house in comparative descriptions of foreign parliaments
opposedChamber second chamber
parliamentarySystemType bicameralism
relatedConcept bicameral legislature
federal second chamber
upper house of parliament
relativePosition upper chamber
role participates in lawmaking
represents regions or states in federal systems
reviews legislation passed by the second chamber
termUsedIn comparative politics
constitutional law discourse
political science
translationOf first chamber
typicalFunction checks and balances within legislature
deliberation on national legislation
may have veto or suspensive veto powers
typicalMembershipBasis corporate or functional representation (historically)
territorial representation
typicalPowers participation in appointment of high officials (in some systems)
participation in constitutional amendments (in many systems)
usedFor classification of legislative structures in German-language texts
usedIn bicameral parliamentary system

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EK hasNameInGerman Erste Kammer
EK abbreviationFor Erste Kammer