Montesquieu:

Again, there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers. Were it joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control; for the judge would be then the legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with all the violence of an oppressor.

— Montesquieu Early Modern

Separation of powers

Context

The Spirit of the Laws, Book XI, Chapter VI: Of the Constitution of England

Date / Period

1748

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1066/1066-h/1066-h.htm#link2H_4_0028

Verification

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Explanation

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