1. Origins of American Politics: A Summary and Review
... the king, an element of aristocracy, the House of Lords, and an element of democracy, the House of Commons."(p 20) This theory of separate functioning branches of government was what preserved liberty of government. Since 1660 England had been absorbed into the idea of separation of functioning branches of government ... and Montesquieu discussed it in their political philosophies and writings. Although this theory sounded great and seemed to be maintaining peace, the reality in England was far from it. The source of political stability in Hanoverian England lay not in this supposed bala...
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