... one. Although not famed for his views on constitutional law, Terry Pratchett summed up the driving force behind the separation of powers very succinctly in one of his novels. ``People say they want freedom and equality'', one of his characters opines, ``but what they really want is for tomorrow to be the same as today''. In other words, what society needs is continuity and predictability in government. The Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote that the fairest political system would be one in which power was shared between the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the common people. In the 17th century, John Locke put forward the view that "government should be divided between an executive and a legislature. The role of the executive would be to implement law and administer the country, while the legislature would create and manage the law itself". The problem with Locke's system is that there ...

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