Republics usually have some founding document and a formal system for changing that. A Basic Law or Constitution or a history of common laws, usually with protections for basic human rights like property and free speech.
In a democracy, the majority (or the loudest, angriest demographic) just says what they want, usually with polling, protests, and voting, and the government gives it to them. Mob rule.
By this, do you mean that in a republic, the legislative power is stronger, whereas in a democracy, the executive is stronger?
No, I mean the judicative focuses on the Basic Law and the other branches respect their decisions and attempt to proactively prevent breaches by following the Law themselves.
I see - so in a republic, the judiciary is more independent of the executive and the legislative branches than in a democracy? This would probably depend on whether it is a country based on common law or on civil law.
