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Well the governement back in the Roman ages
the roman republic was the first to think of checks and balances.
"Checks and balances" was first put to test in 1748 the Roman Republic.
Checks and balances prevented one group from gaining more power over the other.
Checks and balances prevented one group from gaining more power over the other.
Checks and balances prevented one group from gaining more power over the other.
Checks and balances prevented one group from gaining more power over the other.
Only the government of the Roman Republic (509-27 B.C.) had checks and balances. The government of the monarchy (753-509 B.C.) and of rule by emperors (27 B.C.-476 B.C.) did not. During the Roma republic officer of state of the same rank could veto each other and higher officers could veto the lower officers. This was to avoid abuse of power.
assemblys and senate
It can be traced back to the roman republic. It's from the STAR test, huh? :)
First of all, bear in mind that the Roman Republic was not like present day republics. The officials, although elected by the people, had different responsibilities than our present day officials. Each official had his own area of influence and a higher ranking official could veto the proposals of a lower ranking one. A tribune of the plebs could veto everyone except a dictator. In this way the Romans had their checks and balances.
Checks and balances kept individual parts of the government from taking over.