Print this!Judicial Power Judicial power includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable and to determine whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of […]
Daily Archives: October 29, 2011
Print this!G.R. No. L-21897 – 9 SCRA 230 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Judicial Department – Powers of the Judiciary – Judicial Review – Nullification of Treaties – Treaty vs Executive Agreements During the term of President Diosdado Macapagal, he entered into two executive agreements with Vietnam and […]
Print this!G.R. No. L-47329 – 80 SCRA 538 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – President’s Immunity From Suit In December 1977, a referendum was scheduled to be held. The purpose of which was to merge the office of the Prime […]
Print this!G.R. No. L-14279 – 3 SCRA 351 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Treaties vs Executive Agreements – Executive Agreements do not need senate concurrence Eastern Sea Trading (EST) was a shipping company which imports onion and garlic from […]
Print this!G.R. No. 175888; G.R. No. 176051; G.R. No. 176222 – 578 SCRA 438 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Validity of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) Equal Protection Clause – Valid classification in favor of foreign troops **This case was consolidated with Salonga vs Daniel Smith & BAYAN […]
Print this!G.R. No. 82585 – 167 SCRA 393 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – President’s Immunity From Suit – Must Be Invoked by the President Bill of Rights – Personal Examination by the Judge in Determining Probable Cause Luis Beltran was a columnist for the newspaper Philippine Star. Maximo […]
Print this!104 Phil. 868 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Power to Deport an Undesirable Alien Tan Sin was a Chinese residing in Pasay. In December 1953, he was convicted of the crime of estafa. He was sentenced to jail. […]