...dictatorship, but in reality this trend is an old story. Our political history shows frequent shifts in the balance of power between the legislative and the executive branches of government. In the eighteen thirties when Jackson was president it was popularly said that the executive was assuming...

...the next free elections. That solution, too, may be fragile, since a main task of a constitutional assembly is to strike the proper balance of power...legislative and the executive branches of government. A legislative assembly that writes itself into the central place in the constitution may not enjoy...

...legislature. That arrangement, however, may be undesirable, since one main task of a constitutional assembly is to strike the proper balance of power...between the legislative and the executive branches of government.88 Although Malouet's argument that "all assemblies have a natural tendency to extend their...

...ordinary legislature. That arrangement, however, may be undesirable. A main task of a constitutional assembly is to strike the proper balance of power...might be expected to give excessive powers to the legislature. In the abstract, this problem could be solved by means similar to the ones used in legislative...

...an ordinary legislature, as was the case at the Assemblee Constituante. That combination obviously may be undesirable. A main task of a constituent assembly...might be expected to give excessive powers to the legislature. 1n the abstract, this problem could Insolved by means similar to the ones used in legislative...