Question 1:
(a) Define the term government?
(b) What do you understand by autocracy?
(c) Name all two forms of autocracy and provide an example for each.
Question 2:
(a) What do understand by democracy?
(b) Briefly illustrate out two forms of democracy.
(c) In brief describe four characteristics of democracy.
Question 3:
(a) What do you understand by ideology?
(b) Based on how you rank the two values freedom and equality, you might find your political ideology.
As you can see extreme scores on these values give us the four major political ideologies represented by the letters A, B, C and D in each corner.
Name all the four (4) political ideologies represented on the graph and provide a brief definition for each.
Question 4:
In relation to the rule of law in a modern state, what is the significance of:
(a) The supremacy of law?
(b) An independent judiciary?
Question 5:
(a) What do you understand by "The Common Law"?
(b) What makes the courts superior to politicians, academics and bureaucrats as custodians of individual freedom and public interest?
Question 6:
Where does our Law be from?
Question 7:
(a) Write down the concept of ‘Separation of powers’?
(b) Can the Checks and Balances scheme be in conflict with the Separation of Powers system?