The separation of powers and the courts
Power is shared among three: the legislative, the executive and the judicial power. They check each other, and judges are independent.
Why
Imagine one person makes the laws, carries them out and also decides alone who has broken them. What could go wrong?
Whoever holds all the power can abuse it, and nobody can stop them. That is why a democracy shares power among several institutions that check each other.
It matters for you too. If you ever stand before a judge, or find a decision by the authorities unfair, you want someone independent to look at your case.
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