Mikhail A. Krasnov

This article discusses the reasons for the emergence of the concept of Benjamin Constant’s “neutral power”, its meaning, analyzed the views of opponents of a neutral power. The author focuses his attention on why the concept of “neutral power” in the existing political and legal systems can only refer to the monarch. With the mentioned concept is compared to a concept put forward by Charles de Gaulle, “presidential arbitration”. According to the author, it is very dangerous for the democratic rule of law, as bears in itself a threat to the imbalance in the system of separation of powers, ultimately destroys itself this principle.