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... separation and fusion between our constitutional organs. Then, in light of the various Separation of Powers theories I intend to discuss, I shall present my conclusions as to the truth or otherwise of the hypothesis under discussion. The concept of Separation of Powers can be traced as far back as Aristotle in the fourth century. In the seventeenth century John Locke devised a threefold classification of the powers of Government2. In the eighteenth century the French writer Montesquieu, upon his (erroneous) observations of the English constitution in the eighteenth century, recorded his perception of an idealised Separation of Powers3 in which he distinguished the three types of power and stated that if two or more of these powers were combined in the same person or body of persons "there could be no liberty. The three distinct constitutional elements propounded by Montesquieu were; judging, which in the UK constitution is represented by the ...