This article attends to the relationship between minor and major assemblies as prescribed by foundational principles of Reformed church polity proposed Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel. It reviews limited autonomy local congregations authority broader in Church Order Dordrecht (1618/19), touchstone Dutch polity. considers challenge historic posed ecclesiology Doleantie, a secession from Nederland...

Abstract Despite decades of theorising and empirical research, the problems corporate governance seem intractable, particularly relationships between investors companies. The thought experiment in this paper asks us to look at problem through a fresh lens. It draws on quaint British legal custom calling shareholders “members”, then uses political philosopher Michael Walzer’s idea membership sta...

Nigerian polity over the years has witnessed several electoral processes and elections which have been characterized by various forms of violence. These equally resulted into negative indices such as political apathy among electorates, loss lives properties, low economic growth, poor standard living stunted development. The paper examines violence its prevalence in polity. focuses on factors be...

Recent years have seen multiple controversies between the EU and its member states that revolve around different conceptions of what kind polity is, it should be. These are particularly heated when fundamental democratic values at stake. In this article, we address tension assertion common pluralistic character polity, both among within states. The driving question article is how can understand...