THE LEGAL STATUS OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY : HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW STUDIES

Abstract

Political parties are the objects of study that are studied in the dimension of Political sciences because they are the important function in representative democracy. Study in such dimension is a study of the nature of political parties in fact, i.e., the study of the existence of political parties. But when we consider the definition of political parties in the dimension of jurisprudence, the explanation becomes complex due to two aspects. Firstly, political parties are organization that plays an important part in the public administration and politics. On the other hand, the organization is a grouping of individuals who are privy to private law. The important question in this thesis is "Political party is a private organization or state organ?" The answer to the earlier question effects the interpretation of the Laws in Political Parties.