WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu argued that the best form of government included a separation of powers.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Montesquieu‟s doctrine, in essence, signifies the fact that one person or body of. persons should not exercise all the three powers of the Government viz. legislative, executive and judiciary. In other words each organ should restrict itself to its own sphere and restrain from transgressing the province of the other.

Detailed explanation-2: -In The Spirit of the laws, Montesquieu proposed the “theory of separation of powers". EXPLANATION: He advised that the division of powers is must in between the ‘legislative’, the ‘executive’, and the ‘judiciary system’ in France.

Detailed explanation-3: -In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.

Detailed explanation-4: -Separation of powers refers to the distribution of jurisdiction among government organs. Division of powers refers to how the authority is distributed at the different levels of government. This is a common characteristic of a federal country.

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