Constitutional Law Guideline Questions
Constitutional Law Guideline Questions
Constitutional Law Guideline Questions
Inherent powers of the State are also called Fundamental Powers of the State. Why is it so?
How does each power differ\ from the other? How is each power similar to the other?
Are these powers being fundamental and inherent unlimited per se?
Police Power
Police power is embodied in these two concepts, why?
Salus populi est suprema lex
Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas
What tests are to be applied to determine the validity of a police power measure?
What do you understand by the statement – “[a] legislative measure, law, statute or ordinance carries with
it the presumption of constitutionality?”
In the cases assigned for police power, what is the subject of the law or local ordinance or administrative
rule and what is the method or means the subject is sought to be regulated or restricted.
Does a local government unit have police power? In an LGU, who exercises police power? Is this power
also inherent in a local government unit?
Power of Taxation
Does the right to life prohibit the imposition of the death penalty?