STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION Syllabus

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSTITUTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL

CONVENTION

I. Constitution, Definition and Characteristics

a. Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS, GR No. 122156, 3 February 1997, 267 SCRA 408
b. Lopez v. De los Reyes, 55 Phil. 186, 188
c. Alfredo M. de Leon v. Hon. Benjamin B. Esguerra, GR No. 78059, 31 August
1987

II. General Principles of Constitutional Construction

a. Gold Creek Mining Corp. v. Rodriguez, 66 Phil. 259 (1938)
b. Francisco v. House of Representatives, GR No. 160261, 30 November 2003
c. Sarmiento v. Mison, 156 SCRA 549 (1987)

III. Aids to Construction

a. Aquino v. COMELEC, GR No. 40004, 31 January 1975, 62 SCRA 275 (1975)
b. Civil Liberties Union v. Executive Secretary, 194 SCRA 317 (1991)
c. Luz Farms v. Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform, 192 SCRA 51
(1990)
d. Vera v. Avelino, 77 Phil. 192 (1946)
e. Roman Catholic Apostolic Administration of Davao, Inc. v. Land Registration
Commission
f. Tanada v. Cuenco, 103 Phil. 1051 (1957)
g. Chiongbian v. De Leon, 82 Phil. 771 (1949)
h. Galman v. Pamaran, 138 SCRA 294 (1985)

IV. Ordinary Sense vs. Technical Sense

a. J.M. Tuason & Co., Inc. v. Land Tenure Administration, GR No. 21064, 18
February 1970
b. Ordillo v. Commission on Elections, 192 SCRA 100 (1992)
c. Marcos v. Chief of Staff, 89 Phil. 239 (1951)
d. Ruffy v. Chief of Staff, 75 Phil. 875 (1946)
e. Krivenko v. Register of Deeds, 79 Phil. 461 (1947)

V. Self-Executing v. Non-Self Executing

a. Knights of Rizal v. DMCI Homes, Inc., GR No. 213948, 25 April 2017
b. Grace Poe-Llamanzares v. COMELEC, GR No. 221697, 8 March 2016
c. Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS, GR No. 122156, 3 February 1997, 267 SCRA 408
d. Tanada v. Angara, GR No. 118295, 2 May 1997
e. Opposa v. Factoran, GR No. 10183, 30 July 1993
 f. Pamatong v. COMELEC, GR No. 161872, 13 April 2004

VI. Mandatory vs. Directory

a. Tanada v. Cuenco, 103 Phil. 1051 (1957)
b. Gonzales v. COMELEC, GR No. 28196, 9 November 1967
c. Rep. Edcel Lagman, et al. v. Executive Secretary Medialdea, GR No. 231658, 4
July 2017

VII. Prospective vs, Retroactive

a. Hagonoy Water District v. NLRC, 165 SCRA 272 (1988)
b. Filoteo v. Sandiganbayan, 263 SCRA 222 (1996)
c. Co v. Electoral Tribunal, 199 SCRA 692 (1991)

CHAPTER II: INTRODUCTION TO JUDICIAL REVIEW

I. Basis, Extent and Limitations

a. Article VIII, Section 1 and Section 4 of the 1987 Constitution
b. Rules of Court, Rules 63 and 65
c. Record of the Constitutional Commission, 434-436 (1986)
d. Endencia v. David, 93 Phil. 696 (1953)
e. Angara v. Electoral Commission, GR No. L-45081, 15 July 1936
f. Marcos v. Manglapus, GR No. 88211, 15 September 1989
g. Integrated Bar of the Philippines v. Zamora, GR No. 141284, 15 August 2000
h. Jardeleza v. Sereno, GR No. 213181, 19 August 2014
i. Saturnino Ocampo v. Executive Secretary Medialdea, GR No. 225973, 8
November 2016
j. Rep. Edcel Lagman, et al. v. Executive Secretary Medialdea, GR No. 231658, 4
July 2017

II. Requisites for Judicial Review

a. Knights of Rizal v. DMCI Homes, Inc., GR No. 213948, 25 April 2017
b. Hon. Philip Aguinaldo v. President Aquino, GR No. 224302, 29 November 2016
c. Southern Hemisphere Engagement Network, Inc. v. Anti-Terrorism Council, GR
No. 178552, 5 October 2010
d. Penafrancia Sugar Mills v. Sugar Regulatory Administration, GR No. 208660, 5
March 2014
e. Mendoza v. Familiara, GR No. 191017, 15 November 2011
f. Kilosbayan v. Morato, GR No, 118910, 17 July 1995
g. David v. Arroyo, GR No. 171396, 3 May 2006
h. BPI v. Shemberg Biotech Corp., GR No. 162291, 11 August 2010
i. Carbonilla v. Board of Airline Representatives, GR No, 193247, 14 September
2011
j. General v. Urro, GR No. 191560, 29 March 2011