The book provides a single authoritative source for those interested in Constitutional Law and Constitutional Developments in Nigeria, treating such topics as the nature, significance and functions a constitution, the philosophical traditions and theoretical postulations that underlie current ideas about the nature of constitutional law and developments, the precolonial and colonial underpinnings of constitutional developments, the impact of military rule on constitutionalism, and the origin, basic features and cumulative impact of successive parliamentary and presidential constitutions on the practice of constitutionalism in Nigeria, the most populous constitutional democracy in Africa.