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Nigeria was incorporated in 1914 when Frederick Lugard(First Governor-General) amalgamated the two British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria and the Crown colony of Lagos into a single entity. The primary reason for almalgamation was economic rather than political. It is therefore,...
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are included in the fundamental act, as well as other legal acts inferior to the Constitution, that are meant to develop … the rules as principles from the Constitution. Given its importance and complexity, local public administration has a vast …
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This note considers the foundations of the Federal Reserve Board's independence. Its origins are shown to reside in the American political philosophy, under which independence is an essential working condition for a perennial democracy.
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this process) on the "extent" of "democratic restraints" of the socially preferred constitution and on the welfare derived … effect on the level of democracy of the socially preferred constitution and on social welfare. Moreover, it is proved that …, reaches the maximum possible level, only if political communication is "perfect". That is, the socially preferred constitution …
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This paper describes institutions of direct democracy between 1997 and 2003 in 26 Swiss cantons (states), specifically the statutory initiative and referendum, the constitutional initiative, and the fiscal referendum. In particular, it discusses their applications, but also the legal...
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