Maastricht University Montesquieu Institute - Main contents
The Montesquieu Institute Maastricht is a research centre dedicated to European and comparative parliamentary studies. The institute is located at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University and started in 2008.
The Montesquieu Institute Maastricht has set out to contribute to the academic and public discourse on democracy, accountability and representation in Europe and the European Union through comparative and constitutional research and parliamentary systems. In particular, the institute focuses on constitutional law, public law, and social law.
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-Better control of European policy: research project on new accountability mechanisms in national parliaments.
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-The Indonesian Presidency: a constitutional analysis of the executive's powers in Indonesia.
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-Government coalition building in a comparative perspective: analyzes the formation process of the Dutch cabinet
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-Parlementary control of independent departmental agencies: comparative research on the parlementary control of the independent departmental agencies.
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-Parliamentary immunity in a comparative perspective: comparative study of the systems of parliamentary immunity of the UK, France, the Netherlands and the European Parliament.
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-Parliamentary investigations in a comparative perspective: comparative study of the procedures and practices of parliamentary investigations of the Dutch Parliament, the U.K. Parliament and the U.S. Congress.
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-The investigative powers of the European Parliament: research on the European Parliaments right of inquiry.
The institute's staff is involved in teaching activities within the bachelor's and master's programmes of the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University.
The institute initiates public lectures, seminars and other activities for students and interested others on various issues related to parliamentary governement and democracy.