Which one of the following factors constitutes the best safeguard of liberty in a liberal democracy?
Which one of the following factors constitutes the best safeguard of liberty in a liberal democracy?
A committed judiciary
Centralization of powers
Elected government
Separation of powers
Solution
Separation of powers among the legislature, executive and judiciary is the best safeguard of liberty in a liberal democracy as it prevents concentration of power and protects against tyranny, as propounded by Montesquieu.