Political Concepts

Key Points

State: population + territory + government + sovereignty
Democracy: free elections, rule of law, separation of powers
Three arms: Legislature (makes laws), Executive (implements), Judiciary (interprets)
Federalism: powers divided between central and state governments
Sovereignty: supreme authority; internal (over citizens) and external (independence)

3 questions

The doctrine of separation of powers was propounded by:

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a federal system of government?

The concept of "Rule of Law" was popularised by: