Polit Journal Scientific Journal of Politics

Assessment of the Implementation of Nigeria’s Freedom of Information Act 2011 and Its Effectiveness in Katsina State

2025-09-19T04:21:59+00:00

The freedom of the press is an essential ingredient for democracy; the law governing the press in democratic countries are those which only seek to protect the fundamental rights of individuals and ensure the maintenance of peace and order. The objectives of the study were to review provisions of the freedom of information Act and to find out whether journalists in Katsina State use the Act. The study is situated within the theoretical framework of Libertarian Theory. Document analysis was used as the study method. The three criteria for accessing the quality of the evidence available from documentary sources as were authenticity, credibility and representativeness. Based on the document analysis, access sections give an insight that the freedom of information Act 2011 is under-utilized by journalists in Katsina State. The documentary analysis reveals that only sections 1(b) and 3 provides freedom to access public information, 10 sections are meant to deny the public information. The study discovered that ignorance among some journalist and managers of public documents are also affecting the workability of the act in Katsina State. The documentary analysis revealed that the act only provides access in 2 sections while about 10 sections and some clauses are meant to deny access to public information, the finding equally suggests that ignorance among some journalists and managers of public documents are factors affecting the workability of the act of Katsina State.

Features of Judicial Law-Making in the Russian Federation and Its Acts: General Theoretical Aspect

2025-10-07T23:22:19+00:00

The scientific article analyzes various features of judicial law-making from the perspective of its supporters, as well as the objective and subjective reasons for its occurrence in the Russian Federation. In the context of this article, the controversial issue of acts of judicial lawmaking is considered. Particular attention is focused on the concept and features of the legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.

About The Problems of Types of Understanding Law

2025-10-13T10:03:59+00:00

Noting that law is a highly multifaceted concept, this article focuses on the issue of types of legal understanding. Critically assessing the positions of Russian scholars on the classification of these types, the paper offers the author's perspective on this theoretical issue. It also critically analyzes the positions of theoretical scholars on the relationship between philosophical and natural law types of legal understanding, as well as the integrative type and broad understanding of law.

Corruption Factors and Discretion of the Law Enforcement Agency

2025-12-09T07:04:19+00:00

The article analyzes the corruption-generating factors enshrined in official legal documents—the Federal Law of the Russian Federation "On Anti-Corruption Expertise of Regulatory Legal Acts and Draft Regulatory Legal Acts" dated June 17, 2009, and the Methodology for Conducting Anti-Corruption Expertise of Regulatory Legal Acts and Draft Regulatory Legal Acts" approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated February 26, 2010. Particular attention is paid to such a corruption-generating factor as the wide margin of discretion (breadth of discretionary powers) of the law enforcement agency. In this regard, the discretion of the subjects of the law enforcement process is analyzed, the necessity, significance, as well as both subjective and objective limits of it are argued. With regard to the former, it is substantiated that the latter should be considered not as the legal consciousness or professional culture of the subjects of law enforcement, but their professional culture. Objective limits are determined by optional legal norms containing evaluative concepts. As an example, several provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation are cited, which necessarily presuppose the discretion of law enforcement agencies in the law enforcement sphere.

Modeling Conflict Resolution in Ethiopian Social Networks (2015–2025): A Statistical Physics Approach to Stability and Equilibrium Dynamics

2026-02-12T14:46:47+00:00

Ethiopia’s social networks from 2015 to 2025 have been marked by ethnic tensions and conflict, necessitating strategies to enhance stability and cohesion. This study aims to identify key factors influencing stability in Ethiopian social networks and propose data-driven strategies for conflict resolution. A small-world network with 100 nodes was simulated using the Ising model at (T = 0.5), with sensitivity analysis varying rewiring probabilities (p = 0.05, 0.1, 0.2) and external influence (h = 0.0, 0.1, 0.3) over 5000 iterations. Simulated empirical data included influence scores and edge weights, reflecting real-world dynamics. High clustering (0.45 at (p = 0.05) correlated with stability, while high (h) (0.3) reduced stability by 12%. Clustering-magnetization correlations ranged from 0.8016 (h = 0.0) to -0.9665 (h = 0.3), and betweenness-magnetization correlations shifted from 0.4639 to -0.7603, highlighting external influence’s disruptive effect. Clustering drives stability, but excessive external influence undermines it, as seen in Ethiopia’s conflict patterns. Policymakers should strengthen local networks and minimize external interventions to enhance cohesion.