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Baron de Montesquieu, a government philosopher, who wrote many significant governmental theories in book The Spirit of Laws, wrote one of the most inspirational pieces in the section, "Book II. Of Laws Derived from the Nature of Government." Montesquieu began and covered most this book with the importance of the three different types of governments: republican, monarchical, and despotic and their significance of them being together. The first government he describes, and most cherished, was …

…section of developing laws is one of Montesquieu's fundamental philosophies. The share of powers between the senate, the ruler, and the lawmakers was a theory that Montesquieu thought would work effectively after studying the failure of the Roman Empire and the success of the British rule. In conclusion, the shared power and the idea of decisions given to the people by Montesquieu helped form the oldest and most influential constitutional democratic government in the world.