TITLE OF THE ARTICLE: The People as the Source and Limitation of Sovereign Powers
AUTHOR:
G.A. ONUOHA: LL.B (Hons.) Ife, Ph.D (Nig.) Lecturer, Department of International Law and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus
ABSTRACT:
The relativity and geo-stratification of constituent power in a political society is the propeller shaft of the time-honoured concept of popular sovereignty. The people being the principal determinants of the power structure and dynamics in a state decisively impact on the relativity and the geo-strategic exercise of their constituent powers alongside other power blocs and stakeholders such as the Armed Forces, regional bodies and generally, the comity of nations. Against this back drop, the people find themselves in an invidious position of being both the source and limitation of sovereign powers in the state, be it legislative, executive or judicial. This writer unveils the people as both the source and veritable limitation of sovereign powers in the state.