UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES COLLEGE OF LAW

POLITICAL LAW
Florin T. Hilbay PRELIMINARY READINGS
Tribe & Dorf, On Reading The Constitution 1-30 (1991) Florin T. Hilbay, Where The Shadows Lie, 85 PHIL. L.J. 104 (2010) Vicente V. Mendoza, From McKinleys Instructions to the New Constitution 1-53 (1978). CONST., arts. II, VI, VIII, VIII, IX, XI.

INTRODUCTORY CASES
Lawyers League for a Better Philippines v. Aquino, G.R. No. 73748, 22 May 1986. De Leon v. Esguerra, G.R. No. 78059, 31 August 1987. Letter of Associate Justice Reynato S. Puno, A.M. No. 90-11-2697-CA. 29 June 1992. Estrada v. Desierto, G.R. Nos.146710-15, 2 March 2001. Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch (5 U.S.) 137, 2 L.Ed. 60 (1803). Angara v. Electoral Commission, G.R. No. 4501, 15 July 1936. Government of the Philippine Islands v. Springer, G.R. No. 26979, 1 April 1927. Springer v. Government of the Philippine Islands, 277 U.S. 19 (1928). Francisco v. House of Representatives, G.R. No. 160261, 10 November 2003. Biraogo v. the Philippine Truth Commission, G.R No. 192935, 7 December 2010.

PRINCIPLES & STATE POLICIES

INCORPORATION CLAUSE Merlin M. Magallona, The Supreme Court and International Law, 85 PHIL. L. J. 1 (2010). BAYAN MUNA v. Romulo, G.R. No. 159618, 1 February 2011.

CIVILIAN SUPREMACY Integrated Bar of the Philippines v. Zamora, G.R. No. 141284, 15 August 2000. SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE Raul C. Pangalangan, Transplanted Constitutionalism: The Philippine Debate on the Secular State and the Rule of Law, 82 PHIL. L. J. 1 (2008). Florin T. Hilbay, The Establishment Clause: An Anti-Establishment View, 82 PHIL. L. J. 24 (2008). Estrada v. Escritor, A.M. No. P-0201651, 4 August 2003. Estrada v. Escritor, A. M. No. P-02-1651, 22 Jun 2006. FAMILY LIFE & LIFE OF THE UNBORN See rhbill.org for text of the RH bill. Primer on Legal Issues in Reproductive Health (Pangalangan, AguilingPangalangan, Roque & Hilbay, 2012) BALANCED & HEALTHFUL ECOLOGY Oposa v. Factoran, G.R. No. 101083, 30 July 1993. MMDA v. Concerned Residents of Manila Bay, G.R. Nos. 171947-48, 18 December 2008. PRIORITY TO EDUCATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY Guingona, Jr. v. Carague, G.R. No. 94571, 22 April 1991. ECONOMY EFFECTIVELY CONTROLLED BY FILIPINOS Taada v. Angara, G.R. No. 118295, 2 May 1997. Garcia v. Board of Investments, G.R. No. 92024, 9 November 1990. Garcia v. Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 100883, 2 December 1991. Espina v. Zamora, G.R. No. 143855, 21 September 2010. Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS, G.R. No. 122156, 3 February 1997. INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES Cruz v. Secretary of Environment & Natural Resources, G.R. No. 135385. FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE The Province of North Cotabato v. GRP, G.R. No. 183591, 14 October 2008. Chavez v. PCGG, G.R. No. 130716, 9 December 1998. Aquino-Sarmiento v. Morato, G.R. No. 92541, 13 November 1991. Legaspi v. Civil Service Commission, G.R. No. 72119, 29 May 1987. Valmonte v. Belmonte, Jr., G.R. No. 74930, 13 February 1989. Bantay Republic v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 177271, 4 May 2007. Antolin v. Domondon, G.R. No. 165036, 5 July 2010. Chavez v. Public Estates Authority, G.R. No. 133250, 9 July 2002. AKBAYAN v. Aquino, G.R. No. 170516, 16 July 2008.