where each branch has equal power, and each of the branches of government has specific functions and their powers do not conflict with one another.
Montesquieu
Montesquieu was a French Enlightenment philosopher who postulated the theory of separation of power. Montesquieu postulated that the doctrine of separation of power was essential to prevent one branch of government be too powerful to control. Typically, Montesquieu's theory of separation of power greatly influenced the drafting of the U.S. constitution, and the United States used Montesquieu's theoretical framework to entrench the concept of separation of power in their constitution. Following the U.S. constitution,… Continue Reading...
country for a few centuries. It operates with peace and justice in mind. Operating under three branches of government, the judiciary branch allows for the government to arrest, prosecute, and imprison criminals and criminal suspects. Other government agencies, especially on the federal level, perform investigations to understand and assess situations/problems in the country (Hirschel, Wakefield, & Sasse, 2008. These problems could be regarding the law and fall under an umbrella of categories like the environment, health, and organized crime.
Norway has a similar aspect to its government regarding its judiciary section. However, because Norway is a small country, with a small, fairly homogenous population, the police… Continue Reading...
and executive branches of government. Both Ireland and the United Kingdom favor a common law method of judicial proceedings, rather than relying on statute-based law.
Structurally, Irish and British governments share some elements in common but with key distinctions. The House of Lords is a relic of the past, its members undemocratically selected, representing the aristocracy or the elite and serving for life. Some members of the House of Lords, the Life Peers, are appointed by the Prime Minister. Others are selected on the basis of their legal expertise, which is why… Continue Reading...
branches of government—the legislative (Congress), the executive (the President), and the judicial (the courts). Ironically, Jefferson disagreed (as did the Anti-Federalists, who voiced their concern that the U.S. Constitution and the federal, centralized government would usher in an era of tyranny like that which the Revolutionaries had just opposed in England, in spite of any so-called separation of powers). Jefferson was more direct in that he argued that the judicial branch of government would hold tyranny over the executive through its interpretation of the laws of the Constitution—which proved true… Continue Reading...
constitutionality of local, state, and federal law. The Supreme Court needs to remain distinct from the other branches of government and not subject to temperamental swings in the electorate. The social norms and values that change more… Continue Reading...
to improve education about preventable contributing factors to illness. To further this thought, a government-run system can turn to other branches of government for environmental laws, or rules governing other activities, if those support health care objectives. It is difficult to conceive of how such a thing would work in the United States – the trade-offs are entirely different. So Inkelas and McPherson are right to suggest that the US is not in a good position to fully embrace population health management.
Kizer (2015) explores this concept further, looking at how to build clinical integration into a population health management strategy. He notes that care is often fragmented, as a… Continue Reading...
police—for starters. The government has three branches of government—the executive, the legislative, and the judicial, and that system was based on the doctrines of the Revolution—equality and liberty being the core ideals that launched the governmental structure in initially. Over time, it changed to develop more totalitarian characteristics. For example, beyond the three branches of state power are the lobbies—the special interest groups that throw money at elected (and unelected) officials to gain leverage in the government. Then there are the businesses, the major corporations that cozy up alongside government—companies like Google, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Goldman… Continue Reading...
