Definition

Filibuster (Ro.: filibuster, obstrucţie parlamentară/a procedurilor parlamentare, prelungirea perioadei de dezbatere parlamentară, Gr.: παρέλκυση δίκης, Cz.: mařit jednání) (See also: Parliamentary procedure, Talking out a bill)

= the practice of using any form of obstructionist tactics, mostly prolonged speechmaking, with the aim of delaying or entirely preventing a vote on a given legislative proposal. In its common sense, the term was originally imported to English language from Spanish (filibustero= pirate, robber) to designate American military adventurers.

 

Useful links

Organisations and associations

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Filibuster_Cloture.htm / - United States Senate

Publications

http://books.google.ro/books?id=TeEDAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=filibuster&hl=ro&sa=X&ei=HOMiU5TkMYOTtQbIkIDoBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=filibuster&f=false – Wawro, G. J., Schickler, E., 2006, Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate, New Jersey,Princeton University Press.

http://books.google.ro/books?id=RT-diO8rkpoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=filibuster&hl=ro&sa=X&ei=u-QiU7LBJojZtQbFqIH4CA&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=filibuster&f=false – Koger, G., 2010, Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate, Chicago,The University of Chicago Press.

http://books.google.ro/books?id=4W_fWklB_GkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=filibuster&hl=ro&sa=X&ei=u-QiU7LBJojZtQbFqIH4CA&ved=0CE0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=filibuster&f=false – Arenberg, R. A., Dove, R. B., 2012, Defending the Filibuster: The Soul of the Senate, Indiana, Indiana University Press.

 

By Andrada Rusan