TEXTBOOK ON THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Preface .......................................................................................... Officers of the 1986 Constitutional Commission ....................... The 48 Members of the 1986 Constitutional Commission ........ Lupang Hinirang.......................................................................... Bayan Ko ...................................................................................... Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine Flag................................ Philippine Flag History ............................................................... Placing of the Flag ....................................................................... How to Hoist and Display the National Flag .............................
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4. 5. 6. 7.
Governments during the American regime ..................... Governments during the Japanese occupation ................ The previous Philippine Republics ................................... The Provisional Government of 1986 ...............................
26 28 29 30
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D. CONCEPT OF CONSTITUTION
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Meaning of constitution .................................................... Nature and purpose or function of constitution .............. Meaning of constitutional law .......................................... Kinds of constitution .........................................................
33 33 34 35 36 36 37 38 38 39 41 44 46 47 49 51 51 51 52 53 53 54 56
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Advantages and disadvantages of a written
INTRODUCTION A. THE STUDY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
constitution ............................................................... Requisites of a good written constitution ......................... Constitution distinguished from statute .......................... Authority to interpret the Constitution ........................... Purpose in interpreting the Constitution ........................
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Meaning of political science .............................................. Scope of political science ................................................... Interrelationship with other branches of learning .......... Function and importance of political science ................... Goal in the study of political science courses ...................
1 2 3 5 5
E. CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
The 1935 Constitution ....................................................... The 1973 Constitution ....................................................... The 1987 Constitution ....................................................... Basic principles underlying the new Constitution .......... Rule of the majority ........................................................... Government of law and not of men ..................................
B. CONCEPTS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Meaning of state ................................................................ Elements of state ............................................................... Origin of states .................................................................. State distinguished from nation ....................................... State distinguished from government .............................. Purpose and necessity of government .............................. Forms of government ........................................................ Classification of the Philippine Government ................... C. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES IN TRANSITION The pre-Spanish government ............................................ Government during the Spanish period ........................... Governments during the Revolutionary era ....................
6 7
PREAMBLE
10 10 11 11 12 13
Meaning of Preamble ........................................................ Preamble not essential in a constitution .......................... Object and value of Preamble ........................................... Source of Constitution’s authority .................................... Belief in God stressed ........................................................
National purposes and aims in adopting
the Constitution ........................................................ Attainment of the constitutional goals ............................. Changes in the Preamble ..................................................
7. 8.
ARTICLE I — NATIONAL TERRITORY SECTION 1
1. 2. 3.
14 16 20
1.
Necessity of constitutional provision on National Territory .................................................................... National Territory of the Philippines ............................... Meaning of archipelago ......................................................
63 64 65
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2. 3.
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