Separation of powers, a model of governance characterized by checks and balances among branches of government
Separation of powers (checks and balances) - the concept of separate branches of government or agencies exercising authority over one another
Axis powers | Central Powers | Tim Powers | Stefanie Powers | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe | Powers Boothe | Austin Powers | Axis Powers | Ross Powers | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Separation of church and state | Powers | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Austin Powers (film series) | William T. Powers | separation of church and state | Richard Powers | Will Powers | Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers | Powers (UK TV series) | Legal separation | John Robert Powers | Ed Powers | Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II | Clutch Powers | Warren Powers | Steven "Espo" Powers | Special Powers Act | Separation Party of Alberta |
The Constitution is heavily influenced by the French philosopher Montesquieu, whose separation of powers was aimed at achieving mutual monitoring of each of the branches of government.
The Spanish Cortes were not intended as the repository of national sovereignty, since the whole sovereign power was concentrated in the head of state (Caudillo), in the absence of separation of powers.