Historically, parliaments included various kinds of deliberative, consultative, and judicial assemblies, e.g. medieval parliaments. Some argue that deliberative democracy flourishes under majority rule. James Fishkin has responded that the issue is one of structure for deliberative democratic institutions. A prominent subject in recent political philosophy is the theory of deliberative democracy. Deliberative democracy is a tool for making decisions. The vast majority of studies on elite polarization focus on legislative and deliberative bodies. On a conceptual level, there are important affinities between localism and deliberative democracy. In Canada, there have been two prominent applications of deliberative democratic models. She says Pearson's methods have much in common with those of deliberative democracy. Since 1994, hundreds of implementations of direct deliberative democracy have taken place throughout the world. This was an act to create a devolved deliberative assembly for Scotland. She cites Aristotle to persuade her audience of the characteristics of deliberative rhetoric's influential nature. Making laws would be an example of deliberative rhetoric. It is considered the simplest and quickest of voting methods used by deliberative assemblies. In deliberative assemblies, an adjournment ends a meeting.