Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.
What function actually do the three organs, which are legislative, executive and judiciary, have? For legislative, the main function is to make law and which involves the enactment of law. This duty is usually carried out by the legislature. In United Kingdom, a new act is enacted when, usually on the proposal of the government, a Bill has been approved by Commons and Lords and has received the royal assent by the Queen. Under Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949, however, legislation may be enacted even though the House of Lord has rejected it . The process will be the same in United States and the Congress will passed the law. In Republic of Ireland, the Oireachtas is the lawmaker. For the functions of executive, it is perform by the government or the administration such as police, local authorities and many statutory bodies. They initiating and implementing legislation, maintaining order and security, promoting social and economic welfare, administrating public services and conducting the external relations of the state. The executive also determines and executes public policy in term of both domestic and foreign affair. Besides, it also make laws by the way of delegated legislation and drafts bill. Lastly, Judiciary function as the law-enforcing branch of government. The judiciary parties which are the judges, can enforce the law through their interpretation of legislation. However, the basic function of the judiciary is to solve the dispute problem of facts and laws, which laid down in the statutes or in the common law. However these functions will usually separate and usually do not interrelate one another.
Importance of Separation of Power.
Why is the separation of power so important as stated by Montesquieu? In Spirit of Laws , Montesquieu stated that all would be lost: 'if the same man or the same ruling body, whether of nobles or of the people, were to exercise these three powers, that of law making, that of executing public resolutions, and that of judging crimes and civil causes.
