_______.Studied all kinds of Gov't. Political Scientist. Determined that England's monarchy was the best. Advocated "Separation of Powers" into executive, legislative and judicial branches. Thought this form of gov't was the best b/c each would be able to work by checking upon each other, which produced the process of checks and balances, and this way to protect liberty it could divide the various function and powers of gov't in the three branches.Wrote Spirit of Law, in which he discusses gov't throughout history. Baroque

Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, commonly referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a man of letters and a French judge. Montesquieu was a political philosopher who originated the theory of separation of powers, which is the basis and backbone of many constitutions throughout the world. His thoughts and ideologies I'm the Spirit of law impacted the modern world greatly as he laid out the principles of separation of powers in this book