University of Tabriz Jurisprudence and Islamic Law 28210891 7 12 2016 08 22 Analysis of Parliamentary Questions Process of the Higher Authorities in the Executive Branch (The Comparative Study in Iranian Parliament and the UK’s House of Commons) Analysis of Parliamentary Questions Process of the Higher Authorities in the Executive Branch (The Comparative Study in Iranian Parliament and the UK’s House of Commons) 193 221 5970 FA Seyyed Hossein Malakooti Hashtjin Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, university of Tabriz Yousef Rezaei LLM in Pubic Law Journal Article 2015 09 17 One of the Legislative's informative tools is questioning which provides the opportunity for people's representatives to be informed of the performance of the executive branch. In the Parliamentary and the semi-presidential system, representative's questioning from higher authorities of the executive branch is tangible in comparison to other monitoring tools. In the UK -as the origin of the parliamentary systemsthe House of Commons has an important function in questioning the ministers and the prime minister. In Iran, the Islamic consultative assembly has also anticipated the possibility of representative's questioning ministers and the president in the Constitution and in the parliamentary procedure. The process of questioning and responsiveness of higher authorities and its effects are different in the two legal systems. While representative's questioning and responsiveness of higher authorities of the executive branch in the UK House of Commons has a significant effect in terms of quantity, in Iran different legal effects are expected from questioning in terms of quality: questioning the president could result in referring to the judiciary and questioning the ministers may ultimately lead to the interpellation plan. Developing a comparative approach and an analytical method, this article has paid attention to different aspects of representative's questioning the higher authorities of the executive branch in Iran's Islamic consultative assembly and the UK's House of Commons. Using the results of comparative studies, some recommendations have been provided for Iranian legal system. One of the Legislative's informative tools is questioning which provides the opportunity for people's representatives to be informed of the performance of the executive branch. In the Parliamentary and the semi-presidential system, representative's questioning from higher authorities of the executive branch is tangible in comparison to other monitoring tools. In the UK -as the origin of the parliamentary systemsthe House of Commons has an important function in questioning the ministers and the prime minister. In Iran, the Islamic consultative assembly has also anticipated the possibility of representative's questioning ministers and the president in the Constitution and in the parliamentary procedure. The process of questioning and responsiveness of higher authorities and its effects are different in the two legal systems. While representative's questioning and responsiveness of higher authorities of the executive branch in the UK House of Commons has a significant effect in terms of quantity, in Iran different legal effects are expected from questioning in terms of quality: questioning the president could result in referring to the judiciary and questioning the ministers may ultimately lead to the interpellation plan. Developing a comparative approach and an analytical method, this article has paid attention to different aspects of representative's questioning the higher authorities of the executive branch in Iran's Islamic consultative assembly and the UK's House of Commons. Using the results of comparative studies, some recommendations have been provided for Iranian legal system.

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