ABSTRACT
The function of politics consists in the expression of the will of the state. Politics must have a certain control over administration, using the words in the broad senses hereto-fore attributed to them. The American political system is based on the fundamental principle of the separation of governmental powers. The courts in the United States have the power to determine whether an act passed by the legislature is constitutional. The English system of local government was introduced into the United States, where it received a greater legal development than in the land of its birth. The undue extension of politics over the administration of government may be prevented by recognizing a degree of independence in the administrative as in the judicial authorities. It can also be secured by the cultivation of a sound public opinion. This is the great protection of the judicial authorities in both England and the United States.
