The checks and balances system – the evolution of public governance in a historical and theoretical context

Khrystyna Zabavs’ka; Yaryna Zavada

doi:10.31648/ep.9299

Published: 2023-08-291

No. XXIV/1 (2023)

The checks and balances system – the evolution of public governance in a historical and theoretical context

Khrystyna Zabavs’ka

, Yaryna Zavada

Echa Przeszłości

Section: ARTICLES

https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.9299

Abstract

The article deals with the main historical periods marking the evolution of the checks and balances system. The separation of powers and the functioning of the checks and balances system in the light of various schools of legal and political thought were emphasized.
A periodization approach was proposed for analyzing the ideas and views that had emerged throughout human history. It was emphasized that the basic principles for the establishment of government and dividing the powers between the branches of government had been laid down in the era of Antiquity. The characteristic features of the checks and balances system in modern democracies were described.

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checks and balances system, democratic transformation, division of powers, historical development

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Zabavs’ka, K., & Zavada, Y. (2023). The checks and balances system – the evolution of public governance in a historical and theoretical context. Echa Przeszłości, (XXIV/1), 107–119. https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.9299

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