POS 103 INTRODUCTION TO NIGERIA CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

What is Constitution

Scope of Constitutional Law

Traditional Constitutional Concept

Constitutional Law and Administrative Law

The Sources of Constitution

The Nature of the Constitution

Constitution as a Social Contract

The Constitution

Written and Unwritten Constitution

Flexible and Rigid Constitutions

Sovereignty or Supremacy

Where Lies Sovereignty or Supremacy

Power in Pre-Colonial Nigeria

The Sovereignty or Supremacy in Colonial Times

The Emergence of Written Constitution in Nigeria

Constitutional Development of Nigeria: (Pre-Colonial Nigeria to British Rule)

Historical Background and Pre-Colonial Nigeria

Pre-Colonial Nigeria

Constitutional Development of Nigeria: 1960-1979

Constitutional Development of Nigeria: 1979 to Date

Nigeria: Constitution Development History

Federalism

Theory of Federalism

Evolution of Nigeria Federalism

Military

Functions of the Military

Military Intervention in Politics

Theories of Military Intervention in Politics

Reasons why the Military Intervened in Nigeria Politics

Achievement of Military Rule

1999 Nigeria Constitution

Features of the 1999 Constitution