Constitutional Holders of Legislative Initiative - A General Overview

These are two Venice Commission papers that look at the right of legislative initiative, that is the right to propose law. The first report is an abbreviated version of the second one. 
They both break down the right by the following right-holders: the government and/or president; parliament (and its parts); citizens; constituent parts of a Federation or autonomous bodies; and the exceptional cases of the judicial branch and/or other bodies. They both discuss the implications of affording each of these right-holders the power to initiate law. The first report ends with a series of conclusions, including, but not limited to: the importance of political culture in fairness, the almost inherent right of both the executive and the legislative in initiating laws, and the decisive nature of the right to legislative initiation. The second report focuses its second part on the procedural rules and drafting requirements of a legislative initiative. With respect to rules of procedure, the report canvasses those that may be found within the Constitution, and those at the sub-constitutional level that deal with the initiation of legislation, the amendment of legislation, and the multiplicity of legislative initiatives.