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Editorial: The fourth estate – theoretical and practical aspects
Abstract
The traditional separation of powers into executive, legislative, and judicial branches, which was developed as early as in ancient reflection on politics (Aristotle, Polybius), and next elaborated on in numerous commentaries and discussions in the Middle Ages (Aquinas, Marsilius of Padua) and in the modern period (J. Bodin, J. Locke), was re-evaluated in the thought of Montesquieu and the Federalists. In their discussions with absolute monarchy, political thinkers of the modern period deemed the separation of powers inadequate and proposed – which was their greatest achievement – interlocking separated powers by checks and balances that would prevent any of them from gaining dominance over the others. This forced politicians to talk to one another and thus laid the practical foundations for deliberative democracy...
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