Law and Politics: Montesquieu and the 4 Schools of Legal Theory - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.4 No.11, November 2017

Open Access Library Journal

Volume 4, Issue 11 (November 2017)

ISSN Print: 2333-9705 ISSN Online: 2333-9721

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Law and Politics: Montesquieu and the 4 Schools of Legal Theory ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1104092 1,549 Downloads 4,939 Views Citations

Author(s)

Jan-Erik Lane

Affiliation(s)

Public Policy Institute, BELGRADE, Yangon, Myanmar.

ABSTRACT

The theory of separation of powers in the state by Montesquieu (1748) is the longest serving theory in real politics, maintaining its relevance for more than 200 hundred years. Most constitutions in written form follow his paradigm, at least from a formal point of view. Constitutional democracies certainly apply or enforce Montesquieu’s ideal-type for rule of law and political stability. How does this great political theory fit with the major schools in jurisprudence about what is law and the role of judges in adjudication? This question has never been raised, but it is as essential to Montesquieu’s paradigm as the changing relations between executive and legislature in for instance parliamentarism and presidentialism.

KEYWORDS

Montesquieu, Natural Law, Legal Positivism, Legal Realism, Legal Pragmatism

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Lane, J. (2017) Law and Politics: Montesquieu and the 4 Schools of Legal Theory. Open Access Library Journal, 4, 1-11. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1104092.

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