G.R. No. L-34150 – 149 Phil. 1 – 41 SCRA 702 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Amendment to the Constitution – Doctrine of Proper Submission – No piece-meal submission The Constitutional Convention of 1971 scheduled an advance plebiscite concerning only the proposal to lower the voting age […]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
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G.R. No. L-9657 – 100 Phil. 468 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Elements of a State – Government – Two-fold Function of the Government – Constituent vs Ministrant Functions Leopoldo Bacani and Mateo Matoto were court stenographers assigned in a court in Manila. During the pendency of a […]
G.R. No. L-9959 – 35 Phil. 728 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Elements of a State – Government – Parens Patriae In June 1863 a devastating earthquake occurred in the Philippines. The Spanish Government then provided $400,000.00 as aid for the victims and it was received by the Philippine […]
G.R. No. L-58289 – 15 SCRA 418 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Forms of Government Legaspi, then incumbent member of the interim Batasang Pambansa, petitioned to declare Presidential Decree 1840 “granting tax amnesty and filing of statement of assets and liabilities and some other purposes” unconstitutional. He […]
G.R. No. L-28196; G.R. No. L-28224 – 129 Phil. 7 – 21 SCRA 774 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Judiciary – Judicial Power – Amendment to the Constitution – Political Question vs Justiciable Question – The act of congress enacting a law proposing amendments to the […]
An enrolled bill is that which has been duly introduced, finally passed by both houses, signed by the proper officers of each, approved by the president and filed by the secretary of state.
G.R. No. L-13250 – 42 SCRA 23 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Definition of “State” In January 1955, Maria Cerdeira died in Tangier, Morocco (an international zone [foreign country] in North Africa). At the time of her death, she was a Spanish citizen and was a resident […]
Baselines are reference lines drawn by a coastal or archipelagic State using different methods as discussed below. They are used to measure the breadth of the territorial sea (12nm), contiguous zone (24 nm), Exclusive Economic Zone (200nm) and continental shelf (up to 350nm). Also, the waters enclosed by the […]
G.R. No. 127325 – 336 Phil. 848 – 270 SCRA 106 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Amendments to the Constitution – Revision vs Amendment – People’s Initiative; Scope On 6 December 1996, Atty. Jesus S. Delfin filed with COMELEC a Petition to Amend the Constitution to Lift […]
G.R. No. L-21484 – 30 SCRA 649 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Elements of a State – Government – Two-fold Function of the Government – Free Enterprise – Ministrant vs Constituent Functions In September 1961 a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) was agreed upon by labor unions (ASA and […]
G.R. No. L-66088 – 127 SCRA 69 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – Amendment to the Constitution – Doctrine of Complete Submission – Political Question In January 1984, a plebiscite was to be held to allow the voters to either approve or reject amendments to the Constitution proposed by the […]
G.R. No. L-44640; G.R. No. L-44684; G.R. No. L-44714 – 73 SCRA 333 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Judiciary – Judicial Power – Amendment to the Constitution – Political Question vs Justiciable Question On 2 Sept 1976, Marcos issued PD No. 991 calling for a national […]
G.R. No. L-40004 – 62 SCRA 275 – Political Law – Basic Concepts – Elements of a State – Government – De Jure vs De Facto Government – Marcos as a De Jure President Under the 1973 Constitution In January 1975, a petition for prohibition was filed to seek […]
G.R. Nos. L-10360 – G.R. Nos. L-10433 – 100 Phil. 683 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Control Power – Removal of Appointed LGU officials Republic Act No. 603 created the City of Roxas. Section 8 thereof provides that […]
The definition below is taken from the case of Antonio Carpio vs Executive Secretary (G.R. No. 96409) Under this doctrine, which recognizes the establishment of a single executive, all executive and administrative organizations are adjuncts of the Executive Department, the heads of the various executive departments are assistants and agents […]
G.R. No. L-46570 – 67 Phil. 451 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Control Power – Supervision – Suspension of a Local Government Official – Power to suspend comes with the power to remove Jose Villena was the then […]