NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION

NOVEMBER 2018 EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE:     MPA844 (formerly PUL844)                       CREDIT UNITS:     3

COURSE TITLE:    PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

INSTRUCTION:      ANSWER QUESTION 1 (ONE) AND ANY OTHER 3 (THREE) QUESTIONS. QUESTION 1 (ONE) ATTRACTS 25 MARKS WHILE OTHERS ARE 15 MARKS EACH.

TIME ALLOWED:  2 ½ HOURS

1. (a) What are fundamental human rights?

(b)        Explain the nature or characteristics of these rights.                          25 marks

2. Write short notes on the following:

(i)         Administrative law and constitutional law

(ii)        Administrative law and good governance

(iii)       Administrative law and rule of law                                                    15 marks

3. Professor Dickinson has to some extent summarized the reasons for the growth of
   administrative law which were inherent in the legal system when he wrote-
   “The particular advantages which a system of regulation by government thus has over one of regulation by law, differ in the different fields of regulation, but the different one in the matter of emphasis the respective advantages fall, with greater or less incidence, under one or more of the following heads. Discuss.                                     15 marks

4. (a) What is welfare state?

(b)        Describe the theories of a welfare state                                              15 marks

5. Write short notes on the following:

(i)         Mandamus

(ii)        Certiorari

(iii)       Injunction                                                                                            15 marks

6. Explain the meaning and limits of section 308 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.

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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

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SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

MARCH/APRIL 2014 EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE: MPA844                                                      CREDIT UNIT: 2

COURSE TITLE: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LAW

 TIME ALLOWED:    2hrs

Instructions:

1. Attempt question number one (1) and any other two (2).
2. Question number 1 is compulsory and carries 30 marks while the other 2 carry 20 marks each.
3. Present all your points in coherent and orderly manner.

1 Discuss the remedies against Administrative Acts                                   (30Marks)

2.(a)  Explain what you understand by the term Public Administration Law?                                  (5Marks)

(b)  What are the sources of Public Administration law?                         (15 marks)

3. (a) Describe the features of Civil Service (5 Marks)

(b)  Describe the functions of Civil Service Commission?                           (15 Marks)

4. Describe the Problems of Local Government Administration in Nigeria(20 Marks)
5. Describe the meaning of power and the sources of administrative powers?

(20 Marks)

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