Legislature Lawmaking branch of a government. Before the advent of legislatures, the law was dictated by monarchs. Early European legislatures include the English Parliament and the Icelandic Althing (founded &circa; 930). Legislatures may be unicameral or bicameral... more
Legislatures The legislature is the official rule-making body of a political system, as opposed to the institutions charged with applying the rules, or with judging those alleged to have broken them. There is an entirely erroneous tendency to equate legislatures with... more
