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A system of checks and balances divides power and responsibilities between several groups or people to prevent the abuse of power by one person or group. For example, in the United States the Legislative branch passes laws which must be approved and implemented by the Executive branch, and finally the Judicial branch has the power to declare laws either Constitutional or not. Many businesses use checks and balances to ensure that their finances are handled correctly.
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MaxineThere is no exact date, when the concept of checks & balances can be said to have been 'created'. The first political systems to explicitly state the necessity of checks & balances were the US Constitution and the constitution of the 1st French Republic.
The intellectual basis for both constitutions comes from prominent Enlightment thinkers such as john Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseault and Voltaire.
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What is the system by which each branch of government could delay or stop an action taken by one of the other branches?
checks and balancesIt is a system of checks and balances.
System of US government that checks on each other?
The system of checks and balances.
What is a system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of other branches?
checks and balances
Why is checks and balances important?
Checks and balances was created so no branch of government would become to powerful.
What system makes it more likely that the president and congress will always compete for power?
Checks and Balances
