G.R. No. L-1669; G.R. No. L-1670 – 87 Phil. 248 – Mercantile Law – Law on Insurance – Premium Payment – Insurance Contract in Times of War – Premium Payment not excused by war There were two cases consolidated here. First was that of Arcadio Constantino who acquired a life […]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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G.R. No. L-2294 – 89 Phil. 54 – Mercantile Law – Law on Insurance – Parties to an Insurance Contract – Insured Enemy In October 1941, Christern, Huenefeld, and Company, a German company, obtained an insurance policy from Filipinas Compañia for the former’s merchandise contained in a building located […]
G.R. NO. 154514 – 464 SCRA 448 – Mercantile Law – Law on Insurance – Protection and Indemnity Club – Mutual Insurance Company – Certificate of Authority White Gold Marine Services, Inc. owns several shipping vessels. Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association, Ltd. (based in Bermuda) is a protection and indemnity […]
G.R. No. L-4611 – 98 Phil. 85 – Mercantile Law – Law on Insurance – Ambiguity; To be resolved against insurer – Contract of Adhesion Qua Chee Gan owns four warehouses in Albay. He was using these warehouses to house crops like copra and hemp. All warehouses were insured by […]
There are three ways for a bill to become a law. They are: When the President signs it When the President vetoes it but the veto is overridden by 2/3 vote of all the members of each House; and When the president does not act upon the measure within […]
As a general rule, no. Under the Constitution, the President does not have the so-called pocket-veto power, i.e., disapproval of a bill by inaction on his part. The failure of the President to communicate his veto of any bill represented to him within 30 days after the receipt thereof […]
G.R. No. 103524 – 208 SCRA 133 – Political Law – Constituional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President; Veto Power – Line-Item Veto; Appropriation Bill In 1990, Congress sought to reenact some old laws (i.e. Republic Act No. 1797) that were “repealed” during the time […]
G.R. No. 113105, G.R. No. 113174, G.R. No. 113766, G.R. No. 113888 – 235 SCRA 506 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Branch – Powers of the President; Veto Power – Part of the Legislative Process Constitutionality of the Pork Barrel “Countrywide Development Fund” This is […]
G.R. No. L-14542 – 6 SCRA 418 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – One Title One Subject Rule – Tenancy Act Manuel Cordero was the trial attorney of the Tenancy Counsel Unit (TCU) of the Agricultural Tenancy Commission of the Department of Justice. He later appeared as the […]
G.R. No. L-24396 – 24 SCRA 172 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – Legislative Powers; Lawmaking Power – Title of the Law Must Express One Subject In 1961, Republic Act No. 3043 (An Act to Further Amend Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Twenty, as […]
G.R. No. 124360 – 281 SCRA 330 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – Legislative Powers; Lawmaking Power – One Title One Subject Rule – Oil Deregulation Law Considering that oil is not endemic to this country, history shows that the government has always been […]
G.R. No. L-28089 – 21 SCRA 496 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – Legislative Powers; Lawmaking Power – Effect if Title Does Not Completely Express the Subject Bara Lidasan was a resident of Parang, Cotabato. Later, Republic Act No. 4790, entitled “An Act Creating the […]
G.R. No. L-75697 – 151 SCRA 208 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Legislative Department – Legislative Powers; Lawmaking Power – The Title of the Law Must Embrace Only One Subject Delegation of Power – Delegation to Administrative Bodies In 1985, Presidential Decree No. 1987 entitled An Act Creating […]
G.R. No. L-20740 – 11 SCRA 486 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President; Veto Power; Line-Item Veto – Limitations of the Veto Power; Veto Power Does Not Include Power to Veto Conditions/Restrictions Bolinao Electronics Corporation, Chronicle Broadcasting Network, Inc. (CBN), […]
DEFINITION: This refers to a refusal by the President, for whatever reason, to spend funds made available by Congress. It is the failure to spend or obligate budget authority of any type (Notes: Impoundment of Funds, 86 Harvard Law Review 1505 [1973]). ARGUMENT AGAINST EXECUTIVE IMPOUNDMENT: Those who deny […]
G.R. No. 87636 – 269 Phil. 472 – 191 SCRA 452 – Political Law – Constitutional Law – The Executive Department – Powers of the President – Veto Power – Inappropriate Provision in an Appropriation Bill is Treated as an Item which may be Subject to a Veto Neptali […]