JAMB Government Past Questions & Answers - Page 118

The separation of powers is a model for the governance of a state. Under this model, a state's government is divided into branches, each with separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with the powers associated with the other branches.

The rule of law is a principle of the UK constitution that means politicians govern within their powers, the law applies equally to all and that the law is certain. No arm of government is superior to the other. In the face of the law, the president is the same as the ordinary citizen being governed. no one enjoys absolute power. we are all equal before the law

It is at once a legislature and a constituent assembly. The constitution of England is a typical example of a flexible constitution. The British Parliament is competent to pass, amend or repeal any constitutional law in an ordinary legislative process as both constitutional laws and ordinary laws are treated alike.

Feudalism represented a system in which the occupants and users of the land they lived and worked on were not the owners; they were “tenants” of the “sovereign” – the Lord of the Manor – who legitimized his authority by claiming to offer protection to the occupants in the form of military service.

Peasants or Serfs. Peasants are commoners and lived on the manors of monarchs, nobles, or knights. They were granted the right to farm a plot of land in exchange for working the nobleʼs land.

Lord of the Manor” was often used to denote someone who was in control of land.

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.