tailieunhanh - The seperation of power: An experiment of theory and practice

When the legislative and executive power united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty . Again, there is no liberty if the power of judging is not seperated from the legislative and executive. If it were joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control; for the judge would then be the legilsatior. If the were joined to the excutive power, the judge might behave with vioence and oppression. There would be an end to everything, if the same man or the same b ody, whether of the nobles or the people, where to exercise those three powers, that of enacting laws, that of executing public affairs, and that of trying crimes or individual causes. (Baron Montsquieu, 1989-1755). | The seperation of power: An experiment of theory and practice