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POL126
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1. When sovereignty is
supreme, final and
absolute, it is said to be -----
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2. The power which the
government of a state
posseses to enforce the law
entrenched in the
constitution is known as
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3. Constitutional or limited
government means -----
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4. In the Nigerian society
there is ------ because most
people do not comply with
most laws most of the time.
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5. The ---- theory proposed
that the 'state is the result
of the subjugation of the
weaker by the stronger'
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6. The ultimate factor in moral
decisions and actions is not
necessarily the ‘good’ act,
but rather in the ------
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7. What organ is regarded as
competent by everyone to
formulate and create
binding legal norms in any
domestic society ------
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8. The American Declaration
of Independence (1776)
and the French Declaration
of Human Rights (1789)
find expression in the idea
of
_individual rights.
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9. The
_theory provided a basis for
articulating limited political
obligation.
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10. The
theory is an agreement
entered into by men&
women who originally had
no governmental
organization.
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11. A State is founded by
successful migrations and -
----
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12. The provision of public
goods by a state is justified
by the ------
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13. The democratic tradition
was inspired by ------
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14. The notion that the state is
a ‘neutral, though coercive,
force’ is a proposition by ----
-- theorists
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15. Prior the emergences of the
nation state, members of
society were governed by
masters who own land
under the
_system of government.
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16. The notion that the state is
force’ is a proposition of
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17. The ------ is an essential
organ through which the
state achieves its moral
duty and obligation to
administer and render
service to the citizens of the
state.
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18. Citizenship as defined by
_denotes all persons whom
a state is entitled to protect.
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19. The most significant
component of British
constitutional bill of rights is
the great charter of
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20. Which political system
guarantees fundamental
human rights?
_.
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21. Which duty require
individual members of a
state to refrain from
performing bad acts?
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22. The ---- is capable of
regulating and affecting the
actions of man, including
that of the state.
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23. When a citizen supports
and complies with just
institutions, such action is in
accord with the principle of
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24. When a government has
the legal right of making
decisions which people are
required to obey; and the
right to use coercion to
enforce its laws , it means -
-----
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25. This is one of the attributes
of rights: ------
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26. For Hegel, while conflicts
and their resolutions may
be inevitable features of
any society, the state exists
to ----
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27. For Locke, unlike Hobbes,
power resides with ----- and
not with the Government.
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28. The main task of
safeguarding the personal
and civil rights of its citizens
is that of the
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29. The premise of ------- theory
is that a state is a power,
separated from, in fact
standing above society.
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30. The goods which, by their
character, cannot be shared
out among their
beneficiaries can be said to
be
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31. The
democratic system
restrains the arbitrary
exercise of state power and
ensures the respect for the
rights of the citizens.
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32. What limits the power of
government in any given
State?
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33. For rights to be legal and
enforceable it must be
recognised as law by the
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34. _is when a citizen not only
loves his/her country but is
willing to defend the
integrity.
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35. In a society fragmented into
‘contrasting interests’ the
state needs to ------
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36. The ----- theory conceived
the State as an extension of
the family.
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37. The principle of
_underlines a citizen’s
obligation to an institution
or state.
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38. The proponents of natural
justice advocate for political
rights being sacred and
sacrosanct in order to -----
of the state.
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39. A citizens quality of being
true or faithful in the
support of his/her country is
referred to as
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40. This principle of justice in
political obligation is
associated with the general
administration of
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41. The ----- are the essential
attributes a state provides
its citizens.
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42. One of the conditions of
civil society is that the state
------
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43. The ------ is known as a
contracted human
organization/institution.
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44. The formal distinction
between indigenes and
non-indigenes who are not
members of the native
community living in the area
of authority is
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45. John Locke is the first
exponent of the
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46. The ----- is larger than the
political system.
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47. The classical 1969 essay
tilted “Two concepts of
liberty” owes its credit to ----
--
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48. The placing of the individual
at the centre of the society
presupposes ------
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49. Legal protection and
access to the courts of law
entitlements are known as
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50. The most significant
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