The liberal theory of combination of powers

Abstract

The research analyzes the theories of the powers developed by Locke, Montesquieu and Hamilton, Madison and Jay. The Federalists consolidated in the US Constitution the "Three Powers" presented and developed by Montesquieu and by Locke. Questioning the concept of "separation", it concludes that the authors elaborate a theory of the combination of powers, which interact. This theoretical liberal basis based the organization of powers adopted by Brazil with the Constitution of the Federal Republic, in 1988, which consolidate the Legislative, the Executive and the Judicial Powers, presenting their functions and predicting the interference of one power in the other.