WAEC Government 2008 Question 11

Question 11

Rule of Law

The principle of rule of law can be defined as

  1. A.supremacy of the national assembly
  2. B.subordination of the legislature to the judiciary
  3. C.supremacy of the law over all the people in a state
  4. D.supreme authority of traditional rulers.
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Answer: C (supremacy of the law over all the people in a state)

Explanation

The rule of law means the law is supreme and everyone, rulers included, is subject to it.