Separated Powers
The Rule of One
Monarchies / Republics
Notable dictators
How did Mussolini Consolidate Power?
How did Julius Caeser Consolidate Power?
Fed 51: TO WHAT expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution?
The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack.
Will of their own
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place.
Grievances in the Declaration of Independence
Governing Institutions in the US Constitution.
Governing Institutions in the State Constitution.
Local Governments
Check each institution has over the other two.
The workforce
Spoils system v Merit system