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PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS
A. NATURE OF CONSTITUTION
1. PARTS
2. MANNER OF INTERPRETATION (SELF-
EXECUTING AND NON-EXECUTING
CHARACTER)
3. PROCESS OF CHANGE (AMENDMENTS
AND REVISIONS)
B. THE PHILIPPINE AS A STATE
1. ELEMENTS (PEOPLE, TERRITORY,
GOVERNMENT, AND CAPACITY TO ENTER
INTO RELATIONS WITH OTHER STATES
2. DISTIINCTION BETWEEN INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL SELF-DETERMINATION
C. FUNDAMENTAL POWERS OF THE STATE
1. POLICE POWER
2. EMINENT DOMAIN
3. TAXATION
a. Constitutional Exemption Principle
D. RELEVANCE OF THE DECLATION OF PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES
E. DYNAMICS AMONG THE BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT
1. SEPARATION OF POWERS
2. SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES
3. DELEGATION OF POWERS
F. STATE IMMUNITY
1.BASIS
2. EXCEPTIONS
G. THE NATIONAL TERRITORY
1. SCOPE (TERRESTRIAL, AERIAL AND
FLUVIAL DOMAINS)
2. ARCHIPELAGIC DOCTRINE
III. Jurisdiction
A. Basis of Jurisdiction
1. Territoriality Principle
2. Nationality Principle
3. Protective Principle
4. Passive Personality Principle
B. Title to Territory
C. Adjacent Maritime Seas
1. Territorial Sea
2. Contiguous Zone
3. Exclusive Economic Zone
4. Continental Shelf
D. Jurisdiction Over Persons and Economic Activity
1. Criminal Jurisdiction
a) General Theory
b) Extradition
2. Civil Jurisdiction
3. Immunity from Jurisdiction
a) Sovereign Immunity
b) Diplomatic and Consular Immunity
4. Areas Not Subject to Jurisdiction of Individual
States
a) High Seas
b) Deep Seabed
c) Outer Space
V. Dispute Resolution
A. Legality of the Use of Force
B. Concept of International and Non-International Armed Conflicts
1. The Role of the International Criminal Court
C. Judicial and Arbitral Settlement
1. International Court of Justice
2. Permanent Court of Arbitration
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