Question

“When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates [government officials], there can be no liberty; because apprehensions [fears] may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws to execute them in a tyrannical manner. . . .”

— Baron de Montesquieu, Spirit of the Laws


What problem (issue) does Baron de Montesquieu identify in this passage?

Answer 1

The problem that he identifies is that there can be no liberty because of the fears that may arise and that may happen because powers are united in the same person or in the same body of government officials.