This video lesson covers the basic principles that guide the effective functioning of government in a society.

The principles discussed include:
1. The Rule of Law: This covers the principles, features, limitations to its application, and factors that ensure its enforcement.
2. Fundamental Human Rights: This includes the definition, its entrenchment in the Nigerian Constitution, and the reasons for its entrenchment.
3. Liberty: This covers the definition, types, and factors that safeguard liberty.
4. Separation of Powers: It includes the definition, merits, demerits, and how it works in a Presidential and Parliamentary System.
5. Checks and Balances: This covers the definition, how they work, merits and demerits.
The lesson also examines case studies to see how these principles work in different countries around the world.