Upper house

Legislature
Chambers
  • Tricameralism
  • Multicameralism
Parliament
Parliamentary procedure
Types
  • Congress (member of congress)
  • Municipal council (councillor)
  • The Estates (states-general)
Legislatures by country

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.[1] The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted power than the lower house. A legislature composed of only one house (and which therefore has neither an upper house nor a lower house) is described as unicameral.

  1. ^ Bicameralism (1997) by George Tsebelis
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