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1. INTRODUCTIONS
Important Definitions

Due Date of Lecture

Topic Module/Book Definitions
Status Reading
Notes
is a branch of PUBLIC LAW which deals with the organization and
Political Law process of the governmental organs of the state and defines the relation @August 23, 2021
of the state with the inhabitants of its territory

is the study of maintenance of the proper balance between authority, as

Constitutional
represented by the three inherent powers of the state and liberty as @August 23, 2021
Law
guaranteed as by the Bill of Rights

Constitution @August 23, 2021

2. OVERVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION

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Status
Definitions Date Notes

Basic Principles

Purpose/Role of
the Constitution

Classification of
Constitution
(Written/Unwritten;
Conventional or
Cumulative;
Rigid/Flexible)
Essential Qualities
of Good Written
Constitution
(Broad, Brief and
Definite or Clear)

Essential Parts of
a Written
Constituion
(Liberty,
Government and
Sovereignty)

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 Topic Link to related Cases Module/Book Due Lecture
Status
Definitions Date Notes

Amendment or
Revision of
Constituion,
Ratification of the
Same and Judicial
Review of the https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/oct2006/gr_174153_2006.html
Amendments
Made Three
Theories of a
Constitutional
Convention

Basic Rules in the

Interpretation of
the Constitution

Principles of
Constitutional https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1991/feb1991/gr_83896_1991.html
Construction
Untitled https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2003/nov2003/gr_160261_2003.html
Presumptions in
Constitutional https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1997/feb1997/gr_122156_1997.html
Interpretations

Untitled https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2013/apr2013/gr_202242_2013.html
Historical
Background of the
1987 Constitution
Salient Features
of the 1987
Constitution

Difference
Between
Constitution and
Statute

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