LIST OF REFERENCE MATERIALS

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Asynchronous Resources

Instructions:

1. Go over the materials in this Learning Kit for your self-study at your own
pace.

2. These materials will be used as reference materials for the Post Program
Evaluative Test (PPET).

Module 1: POWER OF JUDICIAL REVIEW

A. Historical Perspective

1. Marbury v. Madison - Video Lecture of Prof. Anthony Charlemagne C. Yu –

(22 mins) primary material for viewing

Link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/oboXy-8y2JE?rel=0

2. Power of Judicial Review: The Philippine Experience - Video Lecture of

Prof. Anthony Charlemagne C. Yu – (36 mins.) primary material for
viewing
Link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/yUCqLJRAia0?rel=0

3. Some Notes on the Exercise of the Power of Judicial Review Module 1 by

Prof. Anthony Charlemagne C. Yu – Power of Judicial Review – primary
material for reading
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4. Understanding the President’s Treaty Powers, Senate Concurrence, and

Vested Rights Under the Recent Pangilinan v. Cayetano – The Malcolm
Lectures, UP College of Law - (2hrs 26 mins) primary material for viewing

Links: https://fb.watch/7vsEuSN04u/ or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhcDyvrjU7M&t=4s

Module 2: JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND JUDICIAL POWER

1. Judicial Independence and Judicial Power - Video lecture of Prof. Carlo L.

Cruz - (41 mins) primary material for viewing

Link:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1abBoC5dW_35Jbcidckd4xLiP5PP1
qRGR/view

2. Text of the Judicial Independence and Judicial Power Lecture of Prof. Carlo
L. Cruz – primary material for reading (supplement to video lecture)

3. References of the Judicial Independence and Judicial Power Lecture of

Prof. Carlo L. Cruz – primary material for reading (supplement to video
lecture)

Additional References for Optional Reading:

1. Changing Constitutions: Judicial Review and Redemption in the Philippines

by Prof. Dante Gatmaytan
Link: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6rv2t7j1

2. Judging and Diversity: Justice or Just Us? by Prof. Richard F. Devlin

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3. Courts and Social Context Theory: Philippine Judicial Reform as Applied to

Vulnerable Sectors - A journal article of Dean Sedfrey M. Candelaria

4. PowerPoint presentation on Social Context, Vulnerable Sectors and the

Judiciary by Dean Sedfrey M. Candelaria