INTRODUCTION OF MT LAWS Flashcards
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What are the three co-equal and coordinate branches
-Executive
-legislative
-judiciary
• Tasked with the duty of enforcing and administering the law
Executive
Two chambers of the philippine congress
Senate
House of representatives
Interprets and applies the law in actual controversies
Judiciary
→ Headed by a Chief Justice with 14 Associate Justices = 15
members
→ Highest court of the land
Supreme court
→ To settle actual controversies and to determine whether there has been grave abuse of discretion on the part of any branch or instrumentality of the government
Judicial power
→ To test the validity of executive and legislative acts considering
their conformity with the Constitution
Judicial review
Legislative
Power to make laws
Executive
Power to enforce laws
Judicial
Power to interpret laws
• A rule of conduct, just, and obligatory, laid down by legitimate authority for common observance and benefit
• Benefit of the people
Law
What are the sources of law
Constitution
Jurisprudence
Customs and traditions
Legislation
International law and customs
• The 1987 Constitution is the supreme law of the land
Constitution
Judicial decisions which apply or interpret the Constitution and the laws
Jurisprudence
• Have the force of law only when acknowledged and approved by society through long and uninterrupted usage
• Example: BANGSAMORO
→ When a muslim is force to eat port, the customs of the muslims is considered by the jury. Therefore, all traditions (indigenous) are considered by the judiciary
Customs and traditions
They are the one who make the law
Legislation
• If ever the laws of the Philippines don’t encompass a certain situation (very foreign to us),
→ The judiciary will seek help from the international community
International laws and customs
How a bill becomes a law
A lawmakers files a bill
• The bill is assigned with a Republic Act number and becomes a law
Signed and pass the bill
• By refusing to sign, the bill is sent back to the House of Representatives, along with the reasons for the veto
• If both houses of Congress decide that the bill or any of its vetoed provisions should still becomes a law, the will separately hold a vote
Veto the bill
The President may do nothing with the bill
• The bill automatically becomes a law after 30 days
→ While Congress is still in session
• If the president is out of the office for 30 days, the bill automatically becomes the law.
Pocket the bill
• General subject matter of the legislative measure
• Made by the lawmaker
• Must be clear
→ Since it is reviewed in the first reading
Title
• Declares the source of the promulgation
• Done by the Supreme Court and House of Representatives
• Info: RA 5527 has 32 sections
Enacting clause
• Contains the provisions of the law
• Proviso
→ Provide for a qualification to the operation of particular
provision of law
→ Has the highest authority
• Contains the scope of the law
Body