CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 1

I. 1987 Philippine Constitution

II. Political Law
III. Basis of Philippine Political Law
Macariola vs. Asuncion (114 SCRA 77)
IV. Statue as A Legal Concept
o State
o Government
US vs. Dorr (2 Phil 332)
o Administration
Poindexter vs. Greenhow (114 US 270)
o Revolution/Direct State Action
V. Constitutional Law
VI. Philippine Constitutional Development
o Philippine History
o Treaty of Paris
o Philippine Organic Laws
o Tydings-McDuffie Law
o 1935 Constitution
Vera vs. Avelino (77 Phil 192)
Mabanag vs. Lopez Vito (78 Phil 1)
Gonzales vs. COMELEC (21 SCRA 774)
Tolentino vs. COMELEC (41 SCRA 702)
Planas vs. COMELEC (49 SCRA 105)
PD No. 86
o 1937 Constitution
Javellana vs. Executive Secretary (50 SCRA 30)
PBA vs. COMELEC (140 SCRA 455)
o Freedom Constitution
Lawyers League vs. Aquino (G.R. No. 73748, May 22, 1986)
De Leon vs. Esguerra (153 SCRA 602)
VII. Supremacy of the Constitution
o Judicial Review
Angara vs. Electoral Commission (63 Phil 139)
People vs. Vera (65 Phil 56)
Rules of Avoidance of J. Brandeis (Ashwander vs. TVA, 297 US 288)
Vera vs. Cruz
In re Saturnina Bermudez (14 SCRA 160)
Dumlao vs. COMELEC (95 SCRA 392)
PBA vs. COMELEC (140 SCRA 455)
Salonga vs. Paño-Cruz (134 SCRA 438)
Javier vs. COMELEC (144 SCRA 194)
Serrano de Agbayani vs. PNB (38 SCRA 429)
Lozano vs. Nograles (G.R. No. 187883, June 16, 2009)
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VIII. The Philippines as a State

o Territory
Article I, The 1935 Philippine Constitution
Article I, The 1973 Philippine Constitution
Article I, The 1987 Philippine Constitution
The Philippine Archipelago
Article 3, Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Washington of 7 November 1900
Treaty between US and Great Britain of 2 January 1930
R.A. 3046 (17 June 1961)
R.A. 5446 (8 September 1968)
PD 1596 (11 June 1978)
PD 1599 (11 June 1978)
UN Convention on the Law of the Seas
o People
Qua Chee Gan vs Deportation Board (9 SCRA 27, 1963)
o Citizenship
Article IV, The 1987 Philippine Constitution
Co vs. Electoral Tribunal of the House of Representative
(199 SCRA 692, 1991)
Article IV, The 1973 Philippine Constitution
Roa vs. Commissioner of Customs, 23 Phil. 315 (1912)
Paz Chua vs. Secretary of Labor, 68 Phil. 649 (1939)
Torres vs. Tan Chim, 69 Phil. 518 (1940)
Tan Chong vs. Secretary of Labor and
Lam Swee Sang vs. Secretary of Labor, 79 Phil. 249 (1947)
Talaroc vs. Uy, 92 Phil. 52 (1952)
Tio Tiam vs. Republic, 101 Phil. 195 (1957)
Chiongbian vs. De Leon, 82 Phil. 771 (31 January 1949)
o Sovereignty
Regan vs. CIR, 30 SCRA 464 (1969)
Dominum and Imperium
Territorial, Personal, and Extrajudicial Jurisdiction
Article 2, Revised Penal Code
Sovereignty Immunity
Article XVI, Section 3, The 1987 Philippine Constitution
Republic vs. Villasor (54 SCRA 83)
Begoso vs. PVA (32 SCRA 466)
Del Mar vs. PVA (51 SCRA 340)
Republic vs. Feliciano (148 SCRA 424)
Shauf vs. CA (191 SCRA 713, 1990)
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Republic vs. Sandoval (220 SCRA 124, 1993)

Republic vs. Nolasco (457 SCRA 400)
Gascon vs. Arroyo (178 SCRA 582)
Delos Santos vs. IAC (223 SCRA 11)
EPG Construction Company vs. Vigilar (354 SCRA 566)
US vs. Guinto (182 SCRA 644)
Republic vs. Purisima (78 SCRA 470, 1977)
Republic vs. Feliciano (148 SCRA 424)
Act. No. 3083
C.A. No. 327

Money Claims
Art. 2176, CC
Art. 2180, CC
Sayson vs. Singson (54 SCRA 282, 1973)
Art. IX, 1987 Constitution

Quasi-Delict
Meritt vs. Government of the PI (34 Phil 311)
US vs. Ceballos (182 SCRA 644)

GOCCs
SSS vs. CA (120 SCRA 707, 1983)
PNB vs. CIR (81 SCRA 314, 1978)
Rayo vs. CFI of Bulacan (110 SCRA 456)

Implied Consent
US vs. Ruiz (136 SCRA 487, 1985)
Malong vs. PNR (138 SCRA 63, 1985)

Equity
Amigable vs. Cuenca (43 SCRA 360)
Alfonso vs. Pasay (106 Phil. 1017)
Santiago vs. Republic (87 SCRA 294, 1978)
Commissioner of Public Highways vs. Burgos (96 SCRA 831)

Counterclaim
Froilan vs. Oriental Pan Shipping (12 SCRA 276, 1950)
Commissioner of Public Highways vs. San Diego
(31 SCRA 616, 1970)
PNB vs. CIR (81 SCRA 314, 1978)

Measure of Recovery
Ministerio vs. CFI (40 SCRA 464)
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o Government
U.S. vs. Dorr (2 Phil 332)
Act 292, Section 8
PVTA v. CIR, 65 SCRA 416
ACCFA v. Federation of Labor Unions, 30 SCRA 649
Administrative Code of 1987, Sec. 2(1)
Confederation of Government Employees v Agrarian Reform
Republic vs. Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, 99
SCRA 660
Badilio vs. Tayag, 400 SCRA494
Manila International Airport Authority vs. Court of Appeals, 495
SCRA 591

Principles and Policies and Philippine Government

Preamble 1935 Constitution
Preamble 1973 & 1987 Constitution
Principles
Art. II, Sec. 1
Art. V, Sec. 1 & 2
Art. VI, Sec. 1
Art. II, Sec. 2
Tañada vs. Angara, 272 SCRA 18
Art II, Sec. 7 & 8
Art. XVIII, Sec. 4.
Art. XVIII, Sec. 25
Art. II, Sec. 3
Art. II, Sec. 18
Art. XVI, Sec. 4- 6
Art. II, Sec. 4 – 5
Kilosbayan, INC. vs. Morato, 246 SCRA 540
Basco vs. Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation,
197 SCRA 52
Art. II, Sec. 6
Art. III, Sec. 5
Art. IX, C, Sec. 2(5
Art. VI, Sec. 5(2
Art. VI, Sec. 28(3)
Art, VI, Sec. 29(2)
Art. XIV, Sec. 3(3)
Art. XIV, Sec. 4(2)
Pamil v. Teleron
Elizalde v. Victoriano
Aglipay v. Ruiz
Civil Code A359
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Policies
Art. II, Sec. 7
Art. II, Sec. 8
Art. XVIII, Sec. 4
Art. XVIII, Sec. 25
Art. II, Sec. 9
Art. XII, Sec. 1

Promotion of Social Justice

Calalang vs. Williams (70 Phil 726)
Art. II, Sec. 10
Art. XIII, Sec. 1
Art. XIII, Sec. 2
Art. II, Sec. 26
Pamatong vs. Commission on Elections, 427 SCRA 96
Art. VII, Sec. 13, par. 2
Art. IX, B, Sec. 7
Civil Liberties Union vs. Executive Secretary (194 SCRA 317)
Respect for human dignity and human rights
Art. II, Sec. 11
Art. XVI, Sec. 5(2)
Art. XIII, Sec. 17
Art. XIII, Sec. 18
Art. XIII, Sec. 19
Fundamental equality of women and men
Art. II, Sec. 14
Art. IV, Sec. 1(2) in relation with Sec. 4
Art. IV, Sec. 4
Art. XIII, Sec. 14
Art. XIII, Sec. 11
Promotion of health
Art. II, Sec. 15
Art. II, Sec. 16
Oposa vs. Factoran, 224 SCRA 792
Art. XIII, Sec. 11
Del Rosario vs. Bengzon, 180 SCRA 521
Art. XIII, Sec. 12
Art. XIII, Sec. 13
Priority of education, science, technology, arts, culture and sports
(ESTACS)
Art. II, Sec. 17
Art. XIV, Sec. 1
Villar v. Technological Institute of the Philippines, 135 SCRA 706
(1985)
Tagonan v. Cruz Pano, 137 SCRA 245 (1985)
Department of Education, Culture and Sports v. San Diego (180
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SCRA 533, 1989)

Tablarin v. Gutierrez, 152 SCRA 730
Right to Quality Education
Tablarin v. Gutierrez, 152 SCRA 730
Free Public Education
University of the Philippines vs. Ayson, 176 SCRA 571
Academic Freedom
Garcia vs. Faculty Admission Committee, 63 SCRA 277
Tangonan vs. Paño, 137 SCRA 245
Alcuaz vs. School of Business Administration,
(161 SCRA 7)
Miriam College Foundation, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals, 348
SCRA 265
University of San Carlos vs. Court of Appeals, 166 SCRA
570
Camacho vs. Coresis, 387 SCRA 628
University of the Philippines vs. Ayson, 176 SCRA 571)
University of the Philippine Board of Regents vs. Court of
Appeals, 313 SCRA 404
Non vs. Dames, 185 SCRA 523
Colegio del Sto. Niño vs. National Labor Relations
Commissions, 197 SCRA 611
Budget
Guingona vs. Carague, 196 SCRA 221
Culture
Joya vs. Presidential Commission on Good Government,
225 SCRA 568
Urban Land Reform and Housing
Art. XIII, Sec. 9
Art. XIII, Sec. 10
People vs. Leachon, 296 SCRA 163
Reform in Agricultural and Natural Resources
Art. II, Sec. 21
Art. XIII, Sec. 4
Art. XIII, Sec. 5
Art. XIII, Sec. 6
Art. XIII, Sec. 7
Art. XIII, Sec. 8
Luz Farms vs. Secretary of Department of Agrarian Reform, 192
SCRA 51
Protection of Labor
Art. II, Sec. 18
Art. XIII, Sec. 3
Union of the Filipino Employees vs. Nestle Philippines,
Inc. 192 SCRA 396
Rivera vs. Espiritu, 374 SCRA 351