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Legal Research - Monograph
- Elements:
Types of Actions
CRIMINAL ACTION
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
JURISDICTION
Jurisdiction refers to the power and authority of a court to try, hear, and
decide (THD) a case and the power to enforce its determination.
Type of Jurisdiction:
VENUE
PARTIES
REMEDIAL LAW
(CRIMINAL PROCEDURE)
DUE PROCESS
a. What is constitution?
Political Law
• Branch of public law which deals with the organization and operations
of the governmental organs of the State and defines the relations of
the State with the inhabitants of its territory
Constitution, Defined
That written instrument enacted by direct action of the people by which the
fundamental powers of the government are established, limited and defined,
and by which those powers are distributed among the several departments for
their safe and useful exercise for the benefit of the body politic
WRITTEN UNWRITTEN
ENACTED EVOLVED
Formally struck off at a definite time Result of political evolution, not
and place following a conscious or inaugurated at any specific time
deliberate effort taken by a but changing by accretion rather
constituent body or ruler than by any systematic method
RIGID FLEXIBLE
PARTS OF A CONSTITUTION
• Constitution of Liberty.
• Constitution of Government.
• Constitution of Sovereignty
• Verba legis
Amendments
An addition or change within the lines of the original constitution as will effect
an improvement, or better carry out the purpose for which it was framed; a
change that adds, reduces or deletes without altering the basic principles
involved; affects only the specific provision being amended