ERC Consolidator Grant · 2018
The Foundations of Institutional AuThority: a multi-dimensional model of the separation of powers
‘Almost three centuries later, it is past time to rethink Montesquieu’s holy trinity’ (Ackerman, 2010). As Ackerman (and many others) have observed, political reality has long left the traditional model of the separation of powers behind. The problems posed by this gap between constitutional theory and political practice have recently acquired fresh urgency as developments in Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Russia, the UK, US, Bolivia and elsewhere place the separation of powers under strain. These include the emergence of authoritarian leaders; personalisation of political authority; recourse to non-legal plebiscites; and the capture or de-legitimisation of other constitutional bodies. This…
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