CHAPTER 12 SEPARATION OF POWERS AND THE OREGON CONSTITUTION

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Chapter 12 SEPARATION OF POWERS AND THE OREGON CONSTITUTION

Roy Pulvers, B.A., University of Michigan (1980); J.D., Columbia University School of Law (1983); member of the Oregon State Bar since 1983; partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Portland.

Jessica Osborne, B.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2007); J.D., Willamette University College of Law (2012); member of the Oregon State Bar since 2012; associate, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Portland.

§12.1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................12-2

§12.2 HISTORY................................................................................12-3

§12.3 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SEPARATION OF POWERS.................................................................................12-4

§12.3-1 Purpose of Separation of Powers................................12-4

§12.3-2 Separation of Powers Not Absolute...........................12-5

§12.3-3 The Two Pillars of Separation of Powers...................12-5

§12.3-4 Dual Personal Service under Article III, Section 1.....................................................................12-7

§12.3-4(a) Charged with Official Duties of a Department......................................................12-7

§12.3-4(b) Exercise of the Functions of a Department......................................................12-8

§12.4 CORE POWERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT ...................................................................... 12-8

§12.4-1 Separation between the Legislative and Judicial Departments................................................................12-9

§12.4-1(a) Legislative Policy and the...