Professional Documents
Culture Documents
A. Concepts
Monist v. Dualist
Vis-à-vis Philippine Law
1987 Constitution, Article II, Section 2
1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 21
1987 Constitution, Article VIII, Section 5(2)(a)
Gonzales v. Hechanova, G.R. No. L-21897, October 22, 1963
Tanada v. Angara, G.R. No. 118295, May 2, 1997
Pimentel v. Office of the Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 158088, July 6, 2005
Pharmaceutical and Health Care Assn. of the Philippines (PHAP) v. Health Secretary, G.R. No. 173034,
October 9, 2007
International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judgment of 27 June 1986 in case concerning Military and Paramilitary
Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. USA (http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/70/6503.pdf)
D. Subjects
1. States
2. International organizations
3. Individuals
E. Jurisdiction of states
1. Basis of jurisdiction
a. Territoriality principle
b. Nationality principle and statelessness
c. Protective principle
d. Universality principle
e. Passive personality principle
Summary of ICJ Judgment of 24 May 1980, Case Concerning US Diplomatic and Consular Staff in
Tehran (http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=5&p3=-1&y=1980)
Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy), ICJ Judgment, 3 February 2012
Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (DRC v. Belgium), ICJ Judgment, 14 February 2002
Reagan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, G.R. No. L-26379, December 27, 1969
United States v. Ruiz, G.R. No. L-35645, May 22, 1985
Republic of Indonesia v. Vinzon, G.R. No. 154705, June 26, 2003
Liang v. People of the Philippines, G.R. No. 125856, March 26, 2001
International Catholic Migration Commission v. Calleja, G.R. No. 85750, Sept. 28, 1990
Department of Foreign Affairs v. NLRC, G.R. No. 113191, September 18, 1996
I. Refugees
J. Extradition
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
Republic v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 104768, July 21, 2003
1. Baselines
2. Archipelagic states
3. Internal waters
4. Territorial sea
5. Contiguous zone
6. Exclusive economic zone
7. Continental shelf and extended continental shelf
8. International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
See Climate Change Act of 2009, Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases, A.M. No. 09-6-8-SC (on
the precautionary principle)
See International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, Inc. v. Greenpeace Southeast
Asia, G.R. No. 209271, December 8, 2015, Resolution dated July 26, 2016 (reversing Decision and
dismissing petition for mootness)
Rio Declaration
Cartagena Protocol
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Note from 2019 Bar Syllabus for Political Law: This syllabus is an outline of the key topics that fall under
the core subject “Political and International Law.” Accordingly, all Bar candidates should be guided that
only laws, rules, issuances, and jurisprudence pertinent to these topics as of June 30, 2018 are examinable
materials within the coverage of the 2019 Bar Examinations.
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