Indeed. Coming from the part of the world learly without separation of powers, I had my problems getting the concept of the triumvirate of executive-legislative-judiciary. I recall I couldn't see the point of separating legislative and executive (when a government majority almost always votes for its government, what is it all about?), was unsure where to put prosecutors, and how to call police & military.

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}