1. Introduction:
In his seminal book 'On the Rule of Law, History, Politics and Theory', the learned author Brian Z Tamanaha observes that the apparent unanimity in support of the rule of law is a feat unparalleled in history and that no other single political ideal has ever achieved global endorsement. Reminding us of the ideological abuse and general over - use of what has now become a contested concept of rule of law, albeit only in some schools of jurisprudence, the learned author has stressed that the principle of 'sovereignty of laws' has subordinated the principle of 'popular sovereignty'

2. Exasperated