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A discussion of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government and their role in the governance of England. Montesquieu explains that there can be no security in civil liberty without the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/separation_of_powers" class="extiw" title="w:separation of powers">separation of the three powers</a>, each holding the others in check.</div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montesquieu" class="extiw" title="w:Montesquieu">Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu</a> (18 January 1689 – 10 February 1755).</div>
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