Authors:

  • Matthew Stephenson

Excerpt

Does Separation of Powers Promote Stability and Moderation? Matthew Stephenson, June 2013, Paper. "It is often asserted that separation of legislative powers tends to make legislation both more moderate (because concessions to all veto players are needed to secure enactment) and less frequent (because sufficient concessions are sometimes infeasible). The formal analysis in this article shows this claim to be incomplete and sometimes incorrect. Although greater separation of powers makes legislation more difficult to enact, it also makes legislation, once enacted, more difficult to repeal..." Link