Question

What impact did Baron de Montesquieu have on the creation of the Constitution?

Answer 1

Answer:

Among the options given on the question the correct answer is option C.

James Madison used the idea of a three-branch system described in Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws to create the Constitution.

Explanation: Charles Montesquieu was born in the France during the reign of Luis XIV who was an absolute king. Montesquieu was born in a noble family and he studied law. He traveled all over Europe and studied parliament . He wrote a book in 1722 which made sarcasm of king Luis XIV.

His greatest work The Spirit of Laws was published in 1748. There he discussed about the laws and government. He believed that the main purpose of the government is to maintain the law and order. He said in is book that the the best form of government was one in which the legislative, executive, and judicial powers were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful. He believed that uniting these powers, as in the monarchy of Louis XIV, would lead to despotism.

USA followed his principal while forming the constitution. James Madison who was one of the founder fathers of USA used the idea of a three-branch system described in Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws to create the Constitution.

Answer 2

Answer:

James Madison used the idea of a three-branch system described in Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws to create the Constitution.

Explanation:

Charles Louis de Secondat, lord of la Brède and baron de Montesquieu, was a French philosopher and jurist whose work is developed in the context of the intellectual and cultural movement known as the Enlightenment. He was one of the most relevant illustrated philosophers and essayists, especially for the articulation of the theory of separation of powers, which has been introduced in some constitutions of several States, with greater influence on the Constitution of the United States