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The Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that the People's Initiative method of amending the constitution is "fatally defective", or inoperable. Another ruling in 2006 on another attempt at a People's Initiative was ruled unconstitutional by the court [15] This only leaves the Constituent Assembly and the Constitutional Convention as the valid ways to amend the constitution.
Eventually, the Philippine legal system emerged in such a way that while the practice of codification remained popular, the courts were not barred from invoking principles developed under the common law, [1] or from employing methods of statutory construction in order to arrive at an interpretation of the codal provisions that would be binding ...
The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas or Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas) is the supreme law of the Philippines. Its final draft was completed by the Constitutional Commission on October 12, 1986, and ratified by a nationwide plebiscite on February 2, 1987. The Constitution remains unamended to this day.
On April 12, 2011, the Court upheld its ruling with finality that the Cityhood Laws are constitutional. The Court ratiocinated that: “We should not ever lose sight of the fact that the 16 cities covered by the Cityhood Laws not only had conversion bills pending during the 11th Congress, but have also complied with the requirements of the LGC ...
3.12 Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Fred Ruiz Castro (1976–1979) 3.13 Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Felix V. Makasiar (1985) 3.13.1 Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Ramon C. Aquino (1985–1986)
Philippine Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Act of 2016 2016-07-21: 10916: Road Speed Limiter Act of 2016 2016-07-21: 10917: Amending RA 9547 amendments to the Special Program for Employment of Students Actor RA 7323 2016-07-21: 10918: Philippine Pharmacy Act: Repealing the Pharmacy Act or RA 5921 2016-07-21: 10919
The judiciary of the Philippines consists of the Supreme Court, which is established in the Constitution, and three levels of lower courts, which are established through law by the Congress of the Philippines. The Supreme Court has expansive powers, able to overrule political and administrative decisions, and with the ability to craft rules and ...
This power was affirmed in the Supreme Court decision in Angara v. Electoral Commission, 63 Phil. 139 (1936). Nonetheless, the Supreme Court would, in the next several decades, often decline to exercise judicial review by invoking the political question doctrine. In 1987, the constitutional convention formed to draft a new charter decided to ...