A. The state alone has the right to make laws
B. The laws existed prior to the creation of the state, and state was created for the preservation of these laws
C. All the laws enacted by the state must be approved by the people before they are enforced
D. The states make laws for the maintenance of law and order and protection of rights
Related Mcqs:
- Which group of the following thinkers emphasised the legal notion of state?
A. Aristotle, Plato, Hobbes and Bentham
B. Bodin, Hobbes, Bentham and Laski
C. Bodin, Austin, Hobbes, Bentham
D. Aristotle, Austin, Laki and Hobbes - The legal notion of state’ has been discarded in lodern times because:
A. It emphasizes only the negative functions of states
B. It over-emphasizes the role of the law in the governance of the state
C. It subordinates the laws, which represent cumulated wisdom of several generations, to te will of the people
D. Of all the above factors - Which one of the following statements correctly defines sovereignty as a legal attribute of the state?
A. To make decisions with respect to matters within the jurisdiction of the state, free of external restraint or coercision
B. To enforece laws made by decision makers over those who are willing to ‘coerce’ the unwilling citizens
C. To cultivate popular conscience to obey wuch decisions as are made by the legislature and to ensure compliance thereof
D. To ensure enforcement of dicisions made by authorities with a view to total and abiding obedience by citizens - Who said that a nation is a body of men who cherish a common will and tend to have a separate state?
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Barker
D. Masaca - The nation state came into existence after:___________?
A. The decline of the Roman Empire
B. The decline of the Feudal state
C. The decline of the Colonial Empires
D. The decline of the imperial states of orient - The dimensions of legal justice are determined by:
A. Courts
B. People
C. Constitution and statutes
D. All the three mentioned above - Which one of the following features of legal sovereignty has been wrongly listed?
A. It is definite
B. It enjoys only limited authority
C. It possesses the power to issue final commands
D. All rights emanate from it - Which one of the following features of legal sovereignty has been wrongly listed?
A. It is definite
B. It enjoys only limited authority
C. It possesses the power to issue final commands
D. All rights emanate from it - Main criticism against the legal theory of rights is that it: ____________?
A. Believes that state alone creates rights
B. Has made rights dependent on others
C. Has given worong notion of rights
D. Has make rights above society
E. Has not properly understood rights - The English legal system, the smallest unit of local authority is called:___________?
A. Parish
B. Sub-division
C. Town
D. None of them
