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Separation of Powers ? 2003-Separation of Powers: "Introduction
While its theoretical origins are of European descent, the modern doctrine of Separation of Powers found its first ab initio application in the New World. As instituted in the United States, the doctrine is premised on the notion that political power is prone to be abused and therefore undue concentration of such power should be avoided at all costs. The Framers of the U.S. Constitution believed that if the three functions of governmental authority-legislative, executive and judicial-were ever united, tyranny would ensue. In words of James Madison in The Federalist No. 48, ...