To act as a check on the power of the different branches of government, so that one of them can't become too powerful. The founding fathers feared a monarchy like the one they had just worked so hard to gain independence from.
Separation of Powers Separation of Powers
Separation of powers is what dividing the powers of government is called.
The government would have become a tyranny if there was no separation of powers
Judicial activism weakens the separation of powers by involving the Court in what are traditionally executive and legislative functions. Judicial restraint reinforces separation of powers.
involves the separation of executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.
Separation of Powers Separation of Powers
The separation of powers was developed in 1748
Separation of powers is what dividing the powers of government is called.
The way people are elected has no baring on the separation of powers.
The government would have become a tyranny if there was no separation of powers
The separation of powers balances the branches and keeps any of them from growing too powerful.
Separation of powers
Separation of Powers - The West Wing - was created on 2003-11-12.
Judicial activism weakens the separation of powers by involving the Court in what are traditionally executive and legislative functions. Judicial restraint reinforces separation of powers.
Zambia copied the idea of separation of powers from the United Kingdom and other modern countries.
involves the separation of executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.
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