Tendenze e prospettive del monocameralismo negli ordinamenti democratici

Over the last few decades, the single-chamber parliamentary model seems
to emerge in several democratic states as a trend in contemporary constitutionalism. A comparative survey of the salient features of unicameralism allows to assess reform proposals aimed at the transition from a pre-existing
bicameral system to a unicameral system. In today’s pluralist democracies,
such a reform needs an in-depth analysis of the implications of the choice
regarding the fundamental parliamentary structure, its main functions and its
‘renewed’ representative vocation. In addition, a comparative analysis helps
to identify the necessary correctives to prevent the predominance of the parliamentary majority in the single Chamber and safeguard the vital interests of
minorities. Such a risk is aggravated by the growing cultural inhomogeneity
of contemporary societies. In any democratic experience, the abandon of a
bicameral model must take place in the awareness that Parliament, especially
if unicameral, is called upon to give adequate institutional expression to the
intercultural dimension of society