STUDENT’S MANUAL ON THE CONSTITUTION
2019 04-LB-00226-0 978-971-23-9259-7 Reference
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Preface, iii INTRODUCTION
law, 22; (3) Adherence to the policy of peace, etc., 22; (4) Charter of the United Nations, 22. Section 3 (1) Civilian supremacy over the military, 23; (2) Armed Forces of the Philippines, protector of the people and the State, 24. Section 4 (1) Prime duty of the Government, 24; (2) Defense of the State against foreign aggression, 25; (3) Nature of service required, 25. Section 5 Maintenance of peace and order, etc., 25. Section 6 (1) Separation of the Church and State, 26; (2) No hostility towards religion, 27. STATE POLICIES Section 7 Foreign policy of the Philippines, 28. Section 8 Freedom from nuclear weapons policy, 29. Section 9 Just and dynamic social order, 29. Section 10 Social justice, 31. Section 11 Human dignity and human rights, 31. Section 12 (1) Strengthening the family as a basic autonomous social institution, 32; (2) Right to life of the unborn and of the mother, 32; (3) Givingof aid to parents in the rearing of youth, 33. Section 13 Role of the youth in nation-building, 34. Section 14 Role of women in nation-building, 34.
(1) Meaning of constitution, 1; (2) Nature and purpose of a constitution, 1; (3) Constitution distinguished from statute, 2; (4) Contents of a written constitution, 3; (5) Meaning of constitutional government, 3. PREAMBLE (1) Meaning, nature, and value of preamble, 5; (2) Constitution written by and for the “sovereign Filipino people,” 5; (3) Belief in God stressed, 6; (4) National aims in adopting the Constitution, 6; (5) Attainment of the constitutional goals, 7; (6) Concept of democracy, 8. Article I — NATIONAL TERRITORY Section 1 (1) Necessity of provision defining National Territory, 10; (2) National Territory of the Philippines, 11; (3) The Philippine archipelago, 11; (4) Archipelago principle, 14; (5) Meaning of other areas included in the Philippine Archipelago, 15; (6) Three (3)-fold division of navigable waters, 15; (7) Jurisdiction over navigable waters, 16. Article II — DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES PRINCIPLES Section 1 (1) Meaning of State, 17; (2) Purposes of the State, 17; (3) Functions of the State, 18; (4) Meaning of government, 20; (5) The Philippines, as a republican and democratic state, 20; (6) Meaning of sovereignty, 20; (7) Sovereignty of the people, 21. Section 2 (1) Renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy, 21; (2) Adoption of generally accepted principles of international
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