The new separation of powers
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VOLUME 113
JANUARY 2000
NUMBER 3
THE NEW SEPARATION OF POWERS
Bruce Ackerman
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY ............................................................................................................642 A. Against Presidentialism ........................................................................................................643 1. The Separationist Response ...............................................................................................644 2. Beyond the Westminster Tradition.....................................................................................653 3. The Cult of Personality ......................................................................................................657 B. Constrained Parliamentarianism..........................................................................................664 1. Bringing the People Back In ..............................................................................................666 2. The Court as a Constraint ..................................................................................................668 3. From Theory to Practice ....................................................................................................670 C. The One-and-a-Half House Solution .....................................................................................671 1. Elected Federalist Chambers .............................................................................................673 2. Ambassadorial Chambers ..................................................................................................680 3. Bicameralism without Federalism .....................................................................................683 II. FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATION ....................................................................................................688 A.