FROM THE EDITOR. --
OPENING OF THE SEMINAR. --
SESSION I. Legislative services in the state - pluralist or monist model --
SEGMENT A. Institutions which draft and assess bills in the state --
Wiesław Staśkiewicz (Poland) By whom, where and how bills are drafted?. --
SEGMENT B. The position of government and its legislative services in the par- liamentary legislative process. --
Report based on questionnaires (Andrzej Kurkiewicz) --
SESSION II. The role of parliamentary legislative services in the legislative process - draftsmen, experts, committee staff SEGMENT C. The role of draftsmen in parliament. --
Zbigniew Pełczyński (United Kingdom) The legislative process in Great Britain: the nature, role, and activity of the Parlia- mentary Counsel Office. --
Report based on Questionnaires (Andrzej Kurkiewicz) --
SEGMENT D. The role of experts and committee staff in the legislative process --
Report based on Questionnaires (Ziemowit Cieślik). --
Andrew Kennon (United Kingdom) The Role of Parliamentary Staff in Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Draft Bills --
Jean-Pierre Bloch (France) The role of permanent personnel of the Committees in the assessment of bills. --
SESSION III. Transparency of the legislative process and parlia- mentary legislative services --
SEGMENT E. The relationship between draftsmen and lobbyists, formal interest --
groups, informal interest groups as well as citizens. --
Report based on Questionnaires (Marcin Fryźlewicz) --
Dr. Irfan Neziroğlu (Turkey) Civil society participation to law-making process in the parliament: towards inter- active legislation for direct democracy. --
SEGMENT F. The role of parliamentary services in ensuring access to informa-tion regarding the legislative process, e-democracy --
Report based on Questionnaires (Marcin Fryźlewicz) --
Paul Rundquist (U.S.A.) --
Limits to transparency of the legislative process. --
SESSION IV. Parliamentary legislative services and European Union law-active or passive role --
SEGMENT G. The participation of parliamentary legislative services in the im- plementation of EU law --
Report based on Questionnaires (Bartosz Pawłowski). --
Jindriska Syllova (Czech Republic) The Czech Parliament and European Integration --
Maciej Nowakowski (Poland) Parliamentary legislative services and the implementation of EU law. Case of Po- land --
SEGMENT H. The future of national parliaments in the process of implementing EU law-new tasks of parliamentary legislative services --
Parliament's view (Leszek Kieniewicz, Poland). --
Government's view (Mariusz Daca, Poland). --
Questionnaire on the Role of Legislative Services in the Legislative Process Answers to the Questionnaire --
Armenia. --
Austria. --
Belgium --
Bosnia and Herzegovina --
Bulgaria --
Cyprus. --
Czech Republic --
Estonia --
Finland --
France. --
Georgia --
Hungary. --
Italy. Lithuania --
Macedonia. --
Moldova. --
Netherlands. --
Poland. --
Portugal --
Romania. --
Russian Federation --
Slovakia --
Slovenia --
Spain. --
Sweden. --
Ukraine --
United Kingdom --
List of Participants.