Charles Montesquieu: Architect Of Republics - Episode 25

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Charles Montesquieu Republics Liberty Separations of Powers checks and balances the executive branch the legislative branch the judiciary aristocratic republic democratic republic Persian Letters

Charles Montesquieu--the French Political Thinker and Philosophe--was a huge influence for good on the USA Framers. Though he was not a Founder of the American Republic, his philosophy of government, in particular the separation of powers that he put forward, was a key framework adopted by the Founders of the United States of America.

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