CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 11st Semester 2013-2014

Atty. Amando Virgil D. Ligutan

I. Preliminary Readings

Pacifico A. Agabin, The Politics of Judicial Review over Executive Action: The Supreme Court and Social Change in Unconstitutional Essays, pp. 167-198 (1996)

Irene C. Cortez, Constitutionalism in the Philippines- A View from the Academia, pp. 338-348, Vol. 59, 4th Quarter (1984)

Walter Murphy, Constitutions, Constitutionalism, and Democracy in Constitutionalism and Democracy: Transitions in the Contemporary World, pp. 1-20 (1993)

II. The Constitution

Provisional Constitution

Proclamation No. 1, February 25, 1986 (Provisional Government) Proclamation No. 3, March 25, 1986 (Provisional Constitution)

1987 Philippine Constitution

1. Adoption and Effectivity

De Leon v. Esguerra, G.R. No. 78059, 31 August 1987

2. Interpretation

Nitafan v. CIR, 152 SCRA 284 (1987)Civil Liberties Union v. Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 83896, 22 February 1991Filoteo v. Sandiganbayan, 263 SCRA 222 (1996)

3. Amendment and Revision

a. In General (Art. XVII)b. Proposals

i. By Congress as Constituent Assembly

Gonzales v. COMELEC, G.R. No. L-28196, 9   November 1967

ii. By Constitutional Convention

Del Rosario v. COMELEC, 35 SCRA 367 (1970), G.R. L-32476, 20 October 1970Imbong v. COMELEC, G.R. No. L-32432, 11 September1970

iii. By People’s Initiative

Santiago v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 127325, 19 March 1997Lambino v. COMELEC, 505 SCRA 160 (2006)

Note: Emergency Power of the President Sanidad v. COMELEC, G.R. No. L-44640, 12 October 1976

c. Submission of Proposed Amendments

Tolentino v. COMELEC, 41 SCRA 702 (1971)

d. Ratification

Plebiscite v. Referendum