http://www.themicahmandate.org/2009/05/restoring-institutional-strength-and-separation-of-powers/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:36:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.themicahmandate.org/2009/05/restoring-institutional-strength-and-separation-of-powers/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Found in Malaysia « Egalitaria Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:35:49 +0000 http://www.themicahmandate.org/?p=1647#comment-720 [...] for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) in 2006 as a research analyst. She has become a familiar face at public forums, often speaking about the need for national unity, good governance and better implementation of [...] [...] for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) in 2006 as a research analyst. She has become a familiar face at public forums, often speaking about the need for national unity, good governance and better implementation of [...]

]]> http://www.themicahmandate.org/2009/05/restoring-institutional-strength-and-separation-of-powers/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Court-sanctioned Homicide of a Democratic Concept | LoyarBurok Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:24:58 +0000 http://www.themicahmandate.org/?p=1647#comment-438 [...] The separation of powers is a necessary feature of democratic rule as it encourages diversity and prevents despotism by hindering any one body from arrogating all governmental powers to itself to the detriment of other institutions. Montesquieu argued that if the Judiciary was to fuse with the Legislature, the liberty and rights of citizens may be subjected to the arbitrary impulses of government leaders. Further, he expounded that if the Executive was to encroach upon the powers of the Legislature, citizens may be exposed to oppression and violence as the same body would have the power to both enact tyrannical laws and then administer them to attain their own ends. Hence, where the separation of powers is not adhered to, “the people are always held at ransom, unsure of what character will flare up, [and are] left to the whims of fate.” (Tricia Yeoh) [...] [...] The separation of powers is a necessary feature of democratic rule as it encourages diversity and prevents despotism by hindering any one body from arrogating all governmental powers to itself to the detriment of other institutions. Montesquieu argued that if the Judiciary was to fuse with the Legislature, the liberty and rights of citizens may be subjected to the arbitrary impulses of government leaders. Further, he expounded that if the Executive was to encroach upon the powers of the Legislature, citizens may be exposed to oppression and violence as the same body would have the power to both enact tyrannical laws and then administer them to attain their own ends. Hence, where the separation of powers is not adhered to, “the people are always held at ransom, unsure of what character will flare up, [and are] left to the whims of fate.” (Tricia Yeoh) [...]

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