@inbook{11472,
  author = {Whittington},
  title = {The Separation of Powers at the Founding},
  abstract = { <p>This paper examines the development of theories of separation of powers from seventeenth century Europe through the early nineteenth century United States. The idea of the separation of powers took on clear normative importance fairly quickly in theories of government, but the concept itself was always less clear and underwent substantial development over the course of this period as the result of theoretical refinement and practical experience. The early constitutional experience in the United States itself included substantial experimentation with constitutional structures. That experimentation and conceptual development was still in progress when the U.S. Constitution itself was drafted, and the constitutional framers left a great deal to be worked out by those who were to live under the Constitution.</p>
 },
  year = {2003},
  journal = {The Separation of Powers: Documents and Commentary},
  publisher = {CQ Press},
  address = {Washington, D.C.},
  language = {eng},
}