July 19, 2004
A well known quote from Montesquieu:
"...the accummulation of all powers legislative, executive and judicial in the same hands, whether of one, a few or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced as the very definition of tyranny."
The republican response to this problem of tyranny, whether democratic or government, is the separation of powers.
The statement of the authoritative principles of the constitutional order of the Australian republic comes from the High Court. It is the republican schoolmaster providing the ongoing education and constitutional morality that is required for an effective rule of law.
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