Which of the following statements about Nigeria's shari'a courts is NOT correct?
a. They are bound by decisions handed down by the country's Supreme Court.
b. Traditionally, their jurisdiction was limited to civil cases and those involving Islamic personal law.
c. Their decisions have been successfully challenged at the appellate level.
d. They exist in many northern states.
e. Although the president challenged the extension of their jurisdiction into criminal cases, the Supreme Court ruled against him.
e
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a. competition among large organized groups can serve as checks on elite power b. public policy always coincides with majority preferences c. only a small group of well-informed individuals should set policy d. there is no longer any inequity or discrimination in the United States
Which of the following scenarios exemplifies Kantian anarchy?
a. State A and state B are friends, trading together without worrying about violence. b. State A is a rival of state B, but the two sometimes cooperate and sometimes have conflict. c. State A must obtain more weapons or state B will invade it. d. State A and state B decide to peacefully merge to form one unified state.