Definition and
sources of constitutional law: classification of constitutions: written and
unwritten, rigid and flexible, federal and unitary, presidential and
parliamentary. The concepts of separation of powers, the rule of law,
federalism, the supremacy of the constitution/parliament; The legal
consequences of the change of government by extra-constitutional means (e. g.
coup d’état); pre-colonial constitutional systems and constitutional history of
Nigeria from the advent of British rule up-to-date; The Military and
Constitution-Making in Nigeria, Law Making by the Military, The Judiciary under
the Military, The Executive under the Military, The Military and search for
constitutional and political order.
- Teacher: Christiana Attah