Constitutionalism and the Separation of Powers

In Constitutionalism and the Separation of Powers, M. J. C. Vile traces the historical past of the doctrine from its rise in the course of the English Civil Struggle, by its improvement within the eighteenth century―by subsequent political thought and constitution-making in Britain, France, and america.

M. J. C. Vile is Professor Emeritus of Political Science on the College of Kent at Canterbury and writer of The Construction of American Federalism.