The term “constitution” and “constitutionalism” are obviously not the same and it can be very difficult to understand their differences if a clear explanation of the both is not given. Recently, a law student from one of my Facebook groups for law … [Read more...]

List of countries with an unwritten Constitution: A Constitution is generally the supreme law of the land; it refers to the body of laws, rules, and principles governing the lives and transactions of people in a country. There are two major types of … [Read more...]

Merits and demerits of the Richards Constitution: The faulty Clifford Constitution of 1922 was replaced by the Richard Constitution in 1946. Due to the weakness of the Clifford Constitution, Nigerian nationalists, Sir Bernard Bourdillon, the governor … [Read more...]

From the word “Written” and “Unwritten“, one might think that the only difference between a written and unwritten constitution is the fact that one is written down whereas the other is not written down, but that is not totally correct. Sometimes, … [Read more...]

Historical development of Nigerian Constitution: Apparently, the geographical entity called Nigeria is a British imperial creation. Originally, there was no territory called Nigeria, but by treaties, conquest and sufferance, the British acquired … [Read more...]

Characteristics of a good constitution: One of the essentials of a democratic government is a good and well drafted constitution. This is so because the constitution of a country is capable of increasing or decreasing the effectiveness and practice … [Read more...]