2014 - WAEC Government Past Questions and Answers - page 1

The police is the civil force of a state, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order. 

Court is a body of people presided over by a judge, judges, or magistrate, and acting as a tribunal in civil and criminal cases.

Politicians get power from the mandate given them by you when you accept and participate in the electoral process. Political power is gotten from election

The merits of the theory of separation of powers are stated below.

• Protection of Liberty and Rights
• Increase in Government's Efficiency
• Limited Government
• Prevents Abuse of Power

With checks and balances, each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. This way, no one branch becomes too powerful. Each branch “checks” the power of the other branches to make sure that the power is balanced between them. Checks and balances plays against one arm of government being too powerful hence discourages veto power

Representative government otherwise known as indirect democracy is An electoral system where citizens vote to elect people to represent their interests and concerns.

Constitution; a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

Rigid constitution is one under which certain laws, called constitutional laws or fundamental laws "cannot be changed in the same manner as ordinary laws."

Federal system has basic characteristics: * Federalism provides a division of legal authority between state and national/central governments. Both states and the national government are supreme within their own spheres.