DAY 2 Flashcards
(11 cards)
The series of proscriptions setting forth the fundamental civil and political rights of the citizens and imposing limitations on the powers of government as a means of securing the enjoyment of those rights
Constitution of Liberty
if a law or contract violates any norm of the constitution that law or contract whether promulgated by the legislative or by the executive branch or entered into by private persons for private purposes is null and void and without any force and effect
doctrine of constitutional supremacy
a term used to designate the
law embodied in the constitution and the legal
principles growing out of the interpretation and
application made by courts of the constitution in
specific cases
Constitutional law
refers to the position or practice
that government be limited by a constitution
Constitutionalism
Effectivity of the 1987 Constitution
February 2, 1987
Types of Constitutional law
English type, European continental type, American type
4 major constitution of the Philippines?
The 1935 Constitution The 1943 Constitution The 1973 Constitution The 1987 Constitution
The series of provisions outlining
the organization of the government, enumerating its powers, laying
down certain rules relative to its administration and defining the
electorate
Constitution of Government
The provisions pointing out the
mode or procedure in accordance with which formal changes in the
fundamental law may be brought about
Constitution of Sovereignty
is the study of the maintenance
of the proper balance between authority represented by the three inherent powers of the State and liberty as guaranteed by the Bill of
Rights
Constitutional law
three primary branches of government
the legislative (Parliament), the executive (government and Council of Ministers) and the judiciary (Supreme Court),
