G.R. No. L-2855 – 84 Phil. 218 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Declaration of Principles and State Policies – Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Municipal Law Prevails Over Treaties Boris Mejoff was a Russian citizen who was arrested for being suspected as a Japanese spy after the Philippine […]
Daily Archives: November 9, 2011
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G.R. Nos. 70116-19 – 143 SCRA 397 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Elements of a State – Sovereignty – Exemption of the State’s Power to Tax – Treaties Frank and James Robertson (brothers) were American citizens born in the Philippines. They stayed here in the Philippines until […]
G.R. No. L-36409 – 53 SCRA 476 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Elements of a State – Sovereignty – The Philippines has Sovereignty over Foreign Military Bases within the Philippines Loreta Gozo bought a house and lot which was located inside the US Naval Reservation which is […]
G.R. No. L-26379 – 141 Phil. 621 – 30 SCRA 968 – Political Law – General Principles – Elements of a State – Sovereignty – The Philippines has Sovereignty over US Military Bases within Philippine Territory – Doctrine of Auto-Limitation Taxation Law – Situs of Taxation – Income Taxation […]
Three Kinds of a De Facto Government In a proper legal sense, a government that gets possession and control of, or usurps, by force or by the voice of the majority, the rightful legal governments and maintains itself against the will of the latter, such as the government of […]
G.R. No. 76180 – 145 SCRA 160 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Elements of a State – Government – De Jure vs De Facto Government Saturnino Bermudez, as a lawyer, questioned the validity of the first paragraph of Section 5 of Article XVIII of the proposed 1986 Constitution, which provides […]
G.R. No. L-2662 – 83 Phil. 171 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Declaration of Principles and State Policies – Doctrine of Incorporation; The Hague Convention – Generally Accepted Principles of International Law – The Philippines can try war crimes Shigenori Kuroda was the highest ranking Japanese officer […]