贵族与贵族院在现代国家中,不分资本主义还是社会主义,绝大多数都以议会为立法机构。议会分一院制和二院制两种。目前,大多数国家采用一院制,但有些资本主义发展较早的国家仍沿用二院制,如欧洲的英国、法国、意大利、联邦德国和比利时等,美洲的美国、加拿大、墨西哥以及巴西,亚洲的日本。两院的名称一般叫做参议院和众议院,如美国、联 Aristocracy and aristocracy in the modern country, regardless of capitalism or socialism, the vast majority of parliament as the legislative body. The parliament is divided into one and two houses. At present, most countries adopt a one-court system. However, some countries with earlier capitalist development still follow the two-chamber system. For example, Britain, France, Italy, the Federal Republic of Germany and Belgium in Europe, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Asia Japan. The names of the two houses are generally called the Senate and the House of Representatives, such as the United States, United