USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Montesquieu argues that the executive, legislative, and judicial functions of government (the so-called tripartite system) should be assigned to different bodies, so that attempts by one branch of government to infringe on political liberty might be restrained by the other branches (checks and balances).

Detailed explanation-2: -Montesquieu concluded that the best form of government was one in which the legislative, executive, and judicial powers were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful. He believed that uniting these powers, as in the monarchy of Louis XIV, would lead to despotism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Montesquieu believed that a government that was elected by the people was the best form of government. He argued that the best government would be one in which power was balanced among three groups of officials-and idea he called “separation of powers.” His ideas became the basis for the United States Constitution.

Detailed explanation-4: -French political philosopher Montesquieu was best known for The Spirit of Laws (1748), one of the great works in the history of political theory and of jurisprudence.

Detailed explanation-5: -A Resource is information to better inform your work. The term “trias politica” or “separation of powers” was coined by Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, an 18th century French social and political philosopher.