Why was a government with three branches considered to be a compromise

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1 March, 03:24

Why was a government with three branches considered to be a compromise

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Gilberto Woods · Answer 1

By having three separate, independent branches of government (the executive, legislative and judicial) a society has a "balance of power" which means that no one branch can have too much power and become tyrannical. Therefore each of the three branches is compromising.