The Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers

• Author : Richard Bellamy
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 05 July 2017

The rule of law is frequently invoked in political debate, yet rarely defined with any precision. Some employ it as a synonym for democracy, others for the subordination of the legislature to a written constitution and its judicial guardians. It has been seen as obedience to the duly-recognised government, a form of governing through formal and general rule-like laws and the rule of principle. Given this diversity of view, it is perhaps unsurprising that certain scholars have regarded the concept

• Author : M. J. C. Vile
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 30 July 1998

Vile traces the history of the doctrine from its rise during the English Civil War, through its development in the eighteenth century -- through subsequent political thought and constitution-making in Britain, France, and the United States.

• Author : Antonia Baraggia,Cristina Fasone,Luca P. Vanoni
• Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Release : 27 November 2020

This insightful book guides readers through the transformation of, and theoretical challenges posed by, the separation of powers in national contexts. Building on the notion that the traditional tripartite structure of the separation of powers has undergone a significant process of fragmentation and expansion, this book identifies and illustrates the most pressing and intriguing aspects of the separation of powers in contemporary constitutional systems.

• Author : Robert A. Goldwin,Art Kaufman
• Publisher : Aei Press
• Release : 30 July 1986

• Author : William B. Gwyn
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 30 July 1965

• Author : Arthur T. Vanderbilt
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 30 July 1963

• Author : Vince Flynn
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 22 January 2002

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of American Assassin—now a major motion picture—delivers “first-class political intrigue from a master storyteller” (Booklist) in this electrifying Mitch Rapp thriller. The confirmation of Dr. Irene Kennedy as the CIA’s new director explodes into chaos when it becomes clear there is a deadly inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end her term. Meanwhile, as a dangerous world leader gains power in the nuclear arms race, Israel forces the president’s

• Author : L. E. de Groot-van Leeuwen,Wannes Rombouts
• Publisher : Wolf Legal Publications
• Release : 30 July 2021

The separation of powers is a foundation of democratic societies. But what does this doctrine mean in practice? How does the judiciary connect to the power of politics? This volume reports on the often tense and dynamic relationship between judges and governments. It covers political debate but also the many strategies used to attack and defend judicial independence. These strategies range from subtle elite negotiations to all-out media wars. The volume focuses on a number of countries with quite different

• Author : David Bilchitz
• Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Release : 30 July 2021

To what extent should the doctrine of the separation of powers evolve in light of recent shifts in constitutional design and practice? Constitutions now often include newer forms of rights – such as socioeconomic and environmental rights – and are written with an explicitly transformative purpose. They also often reflect include new independent bodies such as human rights commissions and electoral tribunals whose position and function within the traditional structure is novel. The practice of the separation of powers has also changed,

• Author : Eoin Carolan
• Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
• Release : 08 October 2009

This book offers a radical and provocative revision of the theory of separation of powers. It argues that, although designed to protect democracy, separation of powers is often used today to undermine it by concealing and centralising the exercise of power by public officials. The theory is then reinvented for the modern regulatory state.

• Author : Thomas Campbell
• Publisher : Stanford University Press
• Release : 30 July 2021

Each branch of American government possesses inherent advantages and disadvantages in structure. In this book, the author relies on a separation-of-powers analysis that emphasizes the advantage of the legislature to draft precise words to fit intended situations, the judiciary’s advantage of being able to do justice in an individual case, and the executive’s homogeneity and flexibility, which best suits it to decisions of an ad hoc nature. Identifying these structural abilities, the author analyzes major public policy issues,

• Author : Gerhard Casper
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 30 July 1997

Casper offers a clear portrait of the issues of separation of power along functional lines--legislative, executive, and judicial--in the founding period, as well as a suggestion that in modern times we should be reluctant to tie separation of powers notions to their own procrustean bed.

• Author : Josh Chafetz
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 06 August 2019

A leading scholar of Congress and the Constitution analyzes Congress's surprisingly potent set of tools in the system of checks and balances. Congress is widely supposed to be the least effective branch of the federal government. But as Josh Chafetz shows in this boldly original analysis, Congress in fact has numerous powerful tools at its disposal in its conflicts with the other branches. These tools include the power of the purse, the contempt power, freedom of speech and debate, and

• Author : Maxwell A. Cameron
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 01 March 2015

The separation of powers is an idea with ancient origins, but nowadays it is largely relegated to legal doctrine, public philosophy, or the history of ideas. Yet the concept is often evoked in debates on the 'war' on terrorism, the use of emergency powers, or constitutional reform. Strong Constitutions boldly places the separation of powers on a social scientific footing, arguing that it emerged with the spread of literacy, became central to constitutional thought after the Gutenberg revolution, and faces

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 30 July 1990

A collection of essays designed to provide educators and other interested individuals with contemporary perspectives on the U.S. Constitution and separation of powers is presented. Separation of powers refers to one of the enduring principles of the U.S. constitutional system of government, in which governmental powers are subject to a division of labor in terms of function. The following essays are included: Origins of Separation of Powers and Mixed Government (Murray Dry); The Separation of Powers in Colonial