2016•University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas)Open access

Separation of Powers: An Overview

Matthew Glassman

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This report provides an overview of separation of powers. It reviews the philosophical and political origins of the doctrine, surveys the structure of separation of power in the Constitution, and discusses the consequences of the system for both the institutions and for individual political actors. Finally, there is a discussion of separation of powers in the context of contemporary politics.

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Key concepts: Constitution, Separation of powers, Politics, Doctrine, Context (archaeology), Separation (statistics), Political science, Power (physics)