separation of legislative and executive powers

The Court ruled this violated the constitutional separation of legislative and executive powers.

The commission was treading carefully, so it would not violate the separation of legislative and executive powers.

Such an arrangement, it said, violates the constitutional principle requiring separation of legislative and executive powers.

Legislative leaders are resisting public testimony on the ground of separation of legislative and executive powers.

He said a new constitution would guarantee the separation of legislative and executive powers and prepare for a new election.

The constitution prescribes a federal structure of government, with a clearly defined separation of legislative and executive powers between the Federation and the States.

Our aim was to make sense of what is really a labyrinth of delegated powers and create something that in fact concerns all of us, namely transparency, clear separation of legislative and executive powers, and democratic control.

Drawing on the French and American models, the reformers amended their constitution in March 1990 to provide what the Soviet Union had never had: the separation of legislative and executive powers, a procedure to override presidential vetoes, a limited term for the President, a succession mechanism and other checks and balances.