..., and the parent congress, as well as the standing legislative committees and legislative procedure. It also describes the Presidium's governance of the entire system and the formation of deputy groups. Aside from the smaller Supreme Soviet, Gorbachev's two-tiered legislature included a larger Congress of People's...

... that reflected the changing constitutional landscape. This chapter looks at four features of parliamentary organization in the RSFSR Supreme Soviet: deputies' electoral mandates and their parliamentary rights and obligations, standing legislative committees and the lawmaking process, the Presidium's powers...