To: Reily
Though the power of the Austro-Hungarian & Imperial German parliaments were considerably limited when compared to the UK parliament. If compared, yes. Was the upper chamber of their parliament hereditary also?
91 posted on
01/01/2006 2:47:59 PM PST by
A. Pole
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To: A. Pole
All this is from a fuzzy memory of a modern European history class I took in college.
I don't think either parliament had a upper chamber
I believe in the Austro-Hungarian case there was an advisory council to the Emperor and it was pointed. I also believe this council had a very short life-span, it was something set up by Franz Josef to placate the non-Hungarian minorities.
I can not remember if there was a upper chamber or advisory council for Imperial Germany.
95 posted on
01/01/2006 4:36:02 PM PST by
Reily
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