!!!Gewaltenteilung

Separation of Powers, the allocation of executive, legislative and 
judicial powers to branches of government independent of each other. 
The separation of powers aims at preventing abuse of power and in this 
way furthering the rule of law. The modern doctrine of the separation 
of powers goes back to Montesquieu. The Austrian  Federal Constitution 
expressly stipulates the separation of the judiciary from the 
administration (Art. 94 Federal Constitutional Act).

!Literature
D. Merten (ed.), Gewaltentrennung im Rechtsstaat, 1989.


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