JURIS Flashcards
(109 cards)
ignorantia juris non excusat
Ignorance of the law excuses no man
branches of government
Legislative (enacts, amends, and repeals law), executive (implements the law), judiciary (interprets the law)
supreme law of the land
1987 Philippine Constitution
“The state shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them.”
1987 Philippine Constitution
Art II (State Policies) Sec. 15
“The practice of all professions in the Philippines shall be limited to Filipino citizens, save in cases prescribed by law.”
1987 Philippine Constitution
Art XII (State Policies) Sec. 14
powers of the state
Police power (for public welfare)
Power of eminent domain (for public use)
power of taxation (for public purposes)
Salus populi suprema lex est
welfare of the people is the highest law
Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas
So use your own so as not to injure that of another
Basis of police power
salus populi suprema lex est
Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas
Basis of power of eminent domain
Regalian Doctrine - all lands belong to the government
Basis of power of taxation
LIfeblood Doctrine - state cannot function without money (taxes)
refers to a moral power residing in a person of doing, possessing, or requiring something, which all other person are bound to respect
Right
prescribes means to be employed to enforce a right or redress a wrong inflicted upon a person
Remedial Law
juridical relations from commercial acts
commercial law
“Every citizen has a right to select a profession or course of study, subject to fair, reasonable, and equitable admission and academic requirements.”
1987 Constitution Article XIV Section 5
(considered police power)
Rights in rem vs rights in personam
rights in rem - against a thing (property rights)
rights in personam - against a person (personal rights)
regarded as first Filipino dentist
Jose Arevalo / Capitan Cheng-cheng
old terms for dentistry
sacamuelas or tooth pullers (Spanish regime)
cirujanos ministrantes / cirujano dentistas (UST)
he determined the fitness of those who were already practicing dentistry. Accordingly, examinations were given and licenses were issued
Major General Elwell Otis
first dental law
Act No. 593 (January 10, 1903)
considered to be the second step towards the maturation of dentistry in the Philippines into a profession
Act No. 593 (January 10, 1903)
act that provided for the organization of the Board of Dental Examiners
Act No. 593 (January 10, 1903)
when was the National Dental Association organized?
first president of the National Dental Association
Francisco Tecson
NDA (1924)
established the National Dental Review
Francisco Tecson with Eladio Aldecoa as editor