senate
Let an agent explain senates past and present, relay composition, powers and history from political science and historical sources with attribution, describe the historical councils the registry aliases name, and distinguish senates from lower houses, from unicameral parliaments and from academic senates.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain senates past and present, relay composition, powers and history from political science and historical sources with attribution, describe the historical councils the registry aliases name, and distinguish senates from lower houses, from unicameral parliaments and from academic senates.
A deliberative assembly, typically the upper house of a bicameral legislature, as in the United States Senate, state senates and many national parliaments, and historically the councils of elders or aristocrats such as the Roman Senate, the Gerousia of Sparta and the Punic Senate of Carthage; the name derives from Latin senex, old man, and senates are also academic governing bodies in some universities.
What it is for: Deliberating and legislating, often as an upper house.
It can be explain the institution; relay composition and powers; describe historical senates; distinguish related bodies.
Distinguishing features
Upper house role
Regional or appointed representation
Ancient origins
Review function
What it looks like
Not a visible object; an assembly meeting in a chamber.
Physical character
US Senate members: 100 count - two per state
Roman Senate: traditionally founded 8th century BCE note
Gerousia: 28 elders plus two kings note - Sparta
word origin: Latin senex note
How it is recognised
Deliberative assembly, often an upper house
US Senate, state senates, Roman Senate, Gerousia, Punic Senate
Lower houses represent population; unicameral parliaments have one chamber; academic senates govern universities
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is part of - in most modern cases
is exemplified by -
descends in name from -
In practice
Families and kinds
national upper houses
US state senates
appointed senates such as Canada s
ancient councils such as the Roman Senate, Gerousia and Punic Senate
academic senates
Standards and regulation
National constitutions and standing orders
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing senates with lower houses
Partisan framing of reform debates
Registry aliases mixing ancient and modern bodies
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.senate
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a senate is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a senate, and how does it differ from a lower house, a unicameral parliament and an academic senate? definition
- Is the question about modern senates, a country, ancient councils or universities? boundary
Examples
Examples.
Examples
Examples.
- What are the US Senate, state senates, the Roman Senate, the Gerousia and the Punic Senate? definition
- Which entry fits the specific senate? action
Modern Modern senates.
Attribution.
Composition
Composition.
Composition
Composition.
- How are senators elected or appointed, and how is representation apportioned? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Powers
Powers and debates.
Powers
Powers.
- What powers do senates hold, and what reform debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Ancient Ancient councils.
Sources.
Rome
Roman Senate.
Rome
Rome.
- How did the Roman Senate function in the kingdom, republic and empire? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Others
Sparta and Carthage.
Others
Others.
- What were the Spartan Gerousia and the Carthaginian senate, as historians describe? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific council? action
Context Other senates.
Context.
Academic
Academic senates.
Academic
Academic.
- What are university senates, and what do they decide? provenance
- Which entry fits university governance? action
Comparison
Comparison.
Comparison
Comparison.
- How do senates compare across countries? provenance
- Which entry fits comparative politics? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the Gerousia and Punic Senate be separate primary entries?
- How should political science sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming ancient councils; should they be split off?