WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Separation of powers, therefore, refers to the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to restrict any one branch from exercising the core functions of another. The intent is to prevent the concentration of power and provide for checks and balances.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-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 means that the three branches of government are separated. The three branches are as follows:-the Legislative-the part that makes laws. the Executive-the part that carries out (executes) the laws, the Judicial Branch-the courts that decide if the law has been broken.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

Detailed explanation-6: -checks and balances, principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power. Checks and balances are applied primarily in constitutional governments.