Examine the implications of the doctrine of the separation of powers and the concept of the rule of law for the exercising of prerogative power.
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Constitutional Law Examine the implications of the doctrine of the separation of powers and the concept of the rule of law for the exercising of prerogative power. Separation of powers is a doctrine that each branch of the government is separate from the other and has its own unique powers that other branches of the government could not intervene. This concept is known to have been first formulated by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (January 18, 1689 - February 10, 1755)1 was a French politician that articulated the theory of the separation of powers. The separation of powers is between the branches of the Legislative, Executive and the Judicial systems. In the United States these branches differ from the England, for instance Congress as the legislative has sole power to declare war under the written constitution. In the case of the President the executive, no constitution law gives him the...

