LAWS107 Lecture 6: Separation of powers
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What does the separation of powers mean? the vesting of the legislative, executive, and judiciary powers of government in separate bodies. Divides state in 3 branches and power to fulfill different tasks and each of them can check the exercise of power by the others thus no one branch become powerful and abuse their power. Different branches control each other so they are accountable to each other (prevents abuse of power) The first three chapters of the australian constitution are headed respectively "the. Each of these chapters begins with a section by which the relevant "power of the commonwealth" is "vested" in the appropriate persons or bodies. Constitution was drafted suggests that these arrangements were intended to be connected with federal ideas along american lines. Constitution incorporates responsible government, in which the legislature and the executive are effectively united. This incorporation is reflected in sections 44, 62 and. Only ch 3 courts can exercise judicial power.
