Constitutional Law

Instruction: Write your answers in a yellow sheet of paper. Observe proper indent and
margin when answering. Write clearly, legibly and concisely. Once done, snap a photo
of your answer sheet and kindly attach the document for submission. Then, send it to
me via Telegram.

Test I. Identification. (2 points each)

1. It refers to a community of persons, more or less, numerous, permanently

occupying a definite portion of territory, independent of external control, and
possessing an organized government to which the great body of inhabitants
render habitual obedience.
2. A type of process which refers to the fair treatment through the normal judicial
system, especially as a citizen’s entitlement.
3. It refers to the fixed portion of the surface of the earth inhabited by the people of
the state.
4. It is the branch of public law which deals with the organization and operation of
the governmental organs of the state and defines the relations of the state with
the inhabitants of its territory.
5. It refers to the ability of the local governments to have an independent impact on
the well-being of their citizens.
6. It refers to the institution by which an independent society makes and carries out
those rules of action which are necessary to enable men to live in a social state.
7. A kind of justice which refers to the equalization of economic, political and social
opportunities with special emphasis on the duty of the state to tilt the balance of
social forces by favoring the disadvantaged in life.
8. It refers to the community of persons sufficient in number and capable of
maintaining the continued existence of the community and held together by a
common bond of law.
9. It is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic with an emphasis on liberty
and the civic virtue practiced by citizens.
10. It refers to the supreme and uncontrollable power inherent in a state by which
that state is governed.

Test II. True or false. Write “TRUE” if the statement is true, and “FALSE” if the
statement is false. (2 points each)

1. The purpose of the constitution is to prescribe the permanent framework of a

system of government, to assign to the several departments their respective
 powers and duties, and to establish certain first principles on which the
government is founded.
2. Principles are binding rules which must be observed in the conduct of the
government.
3. Sovereignty over the airspace extends until outer space.
4. The Philippine only renounces aggressive war as an instrument of national
policy. It does not renounce defensive war.
5. A constitution is an international law as such, it is binding beyond the territorial
limits of internal sovereignty.
6. The policy against nuclear weapons includes the prohibition not only of the
possession, control and production but also nuclear arms tests.
7. The 1987 Constitution consists of 17 articles and is excessively long compared to
the 1935 and 1973 Constitutions.
8. A constitution differs from a statute, it is intended not merely to meet existing
conditions, but to govern the future.
9. The Philippine National Police shall be composed of a citizen armed force which
shall undergo military training and serve as may be provided by law.
10. The preamble sets down the origin, scope and purpose of the Constitution.

Test III. Essay.

1. What is constitutional law? (5 points)

2. Enumerate and discuss the qualities of a good written constitution. (10 points)
3. Explain the doctrine of constitutional supremacy. (5 points)
4. Discuss the archipelagic doctrine. (5 points)
5. Discuss Section 6, Article II of 1987 pertaining to the “separation of the Church
and the State.” (5 points)