Seperation of Powers
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He envisioned the fact that the state power should be divided in 3 (Legislative, Executive and Judicial), and that there should be an oversight system (checks and balances) between the 3, so that no one would be over the other 2.
Montesquieu belived in the separation of powers (JEL) J-Judical Branch E-Executive Branch L-Legislative Branch
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Montesquieu, a French political philosopher, greatly influenced the U.S. Constitution through his theory of the separation of powers. This concept, outlined in his book "The Spirit of the Laws," inspired the framers of the Constitution to divide the government into three branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. This separation was intended to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful and to ensure a system of checks and balances. Montesquieu's ideas helped shape the structure of the U.S. government and its commitment to limiting the concentration of power.
Montesquieu argued that the best government would be one in which power was balanced among three groups of officials. He thought England - which divided power between the king (who enforced laws), Parliament (which made laws), and the judges of the English courts (who interpreted laws) - was a good model of this.
Several documents were important to the writing of the US Constitution. For example, the Magna Carta, The Articles of Confederation, the Flushing Remonstrance of 1657, The Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu, John Locke's Two Treatises of Government and Edward Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England.
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