The Philippine Constitution
The Philippine Constitution
The Philippine Constitution
CONSTITUTION
INTRODUCTION
CONSTITUTION
IS A BODY OF RULES AND MAXIMS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH WHICH THE
POWERS OF THE SOVEREIGN ARE
HABITUALLY EXERCISED.
IT IS AN INSTRUMENT BY WHICH THE
FUNDAMENTAL POWERS OF THE
GOVERNMENT ARE ESTABLISHED,
LIMITED, AND DEFINED AND BY WHICH
THESE POWERS ARE DISTRIBUTED
AMONG THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS
OR BRANCHES FOR THEIR SAFE AND
USEFUL EXERCISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE PEOPLE.
PURPOSE
IS TO PRESCRIBE THE PERMANENT
FRAMEWORK OF THE SYSTEM OF
GOVERNMENT AND TO ASSIGN TO THE
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR
BRANCHES THEIR RESPECTIVE POWERS
AND DUTIES, AND TO ESTABLISH
CERTAIN BASIC PRINCIPLES ON WHICH
THE GOVERNMENT IS FOUNDED.
IT IS PRIMARILY DESIGNED TO PRESERVE
AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF
INDIVIDUALS AND MINORITIES AGAINST
THE ARBITRARY ACTIONS OF THOSE IN
AUTHORITY.
KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
A. AS TO THEIR ORIGIN
CONVENTIONAL CUMULATIVE OR
OR ENACTED EVOLVED
– ENACTED BY A – A PRODUCT OF
CONSTITUENT GROWTH OR A LONG
ASSEMBLY OF PERIOD OF
GRANTED BY A DEVELOPMENT
MONARCH TO HIS ORIGINATING IN
SUBJECTS. CUSTOMS,
TRADITIONS, JUDICIAL
DECISIONS, ETC.
KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
A. AS TO THEIR FORM
WRITTEN UNWRITTEN
– ONE, WHICH HAS – ONE WHICH IS
BEEN GIVEN DEFINITE, ENTIRELY THE
WRITTEN FORM AT A PRODUCT OF
PECULIAR TIME, POLITICAL
USUALLY BY EVOLUTION,
CONSTITUTED CONSISTING LARGELY
AUTHORITY CALLED OF A MASS OF
“CONSTITUTIONAL CUSTOMS, USAGES,
CONVENTION.” AND JUDICIAL
DECISIONS.
KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
A. AS TO THE MANNER OF AMENDING THEM
RIGID OR INELASTIC FLEXIBLE OR ELASTIC
– ONE REGARDED AS – ONE, WHICH
A DOCUMENT OF POSSESSES NO
SPECIAL SANCTITY, HIGHER LEGAL
WHICH CANNOT BE AUTHORITY THAN
AMENDED OR ORDINARY LAWS
ALTERED EXCEPT BY AND WHICH MAY BE,
SOME SPECIAL ALTERED IN THE SAME
MACHINERY MORE WAY AS OTHER LAWS.
CUMBROUS THAN
THE ORDINARY
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES OF A WRITTEN
CONSTITUTION
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES