Module 4 Flashcards
It is a set of rules, principles, and customs that establish the limits and distribute the fundamental powers of government
Constitution
What are the kinds of constitution?
- Form
- Origin
- Manner of Amending
What are the 2 types of Origin (Kinds of Constitution)?
- Conventional or Enacted
- Cumulative or Evolved
a constitution which enacted formally by constituent assembly
Conventional
It is product of growth over a long period of time based on customs, traditions, or judicial decisions rather than enacted formally by constituent assembly
Cumulative
A constitution cannot be amended or revised just like ordinary laws
Rigid or Inelastic
a constitution can be amended or revised just like ordinary laws by the same body that makes original laws
Flexible or Elastic
What ate the 2 types of manner of amending? (Kinds of Constitution)
- Rigid or Inelastic
- Flexible or Elastic
What are the 3 requisites of good written constitution as to form?
- Brief
- Broad
- Definite
What are the 3 requisites of good written constitution as to content?
- Constitution of Government
- Constitution of Liberty
- Constitution of Sovereignty
What are the difference between constitution and statue?
Constitution:
- supreme law of the land
- broad
- fundamental law direct from the people
Statute:
- ordinary law direct from legislators
- specific
- must be in accordance with the constitution
What era was the 1899 Malolos Constitution?
Spanish Independence
What era was the 1935 Constitution?
American Independence
What era was the 1973 Constitution?
- Marcos Administration
- Declaration of Martial Law
What era was the 1987 Constitution?
- EDSA Revolution
MALOLOS CONSTITUTION
- Government of General Emilio Aguinaldo
- Framers: 92 elected delegates
- Pres of the framing body: Pedro A. Paterno
- Ratification: January 21, 1899
1935 CONSTITUTION
- Tydings-Mcduffie
- Framers: 202 elected delegates
- President of the Framing Body: Claro M. Recto
- May 14, 1935
1973 CONSTITUTION
- Joint resolution of Congress
- Framers: 320 elected delegates
- Pres. of the framing body: Diosdado Macapagal
- January 10-15, 1973
1987 CONSTITUTION
- Proclamation No. 9
- Framers: 48 appointed members
- Pres. of the framing body: Cecilia Munoz Palma
- February 2, 1987
Enumerate the 18 articles of the 1987 Constitution
- National Territory
- Declaration of Principles and State Policies
- Bill of Rights
- Citizenship
- Suffrage
- Legislative Department
- Executive Department
- Judicial Department
- Constitutional Commission
- Local Government
- Accountability of Public Officers
- National Economy and Patrimony
- Social Justice and Human Rights
- Education, Science and Technology, Arts, Culture and Sports
- The Family
- General Provisions
- Amendments and Revision
- Transitory Provisions
It is a community of persons more or less numerous, permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, having a government of their own to which the great body of inhabitants render obedience, and enjoying freedom from external control
State
What are the 4 elements of a State
- People
- Territory
- Government
- Sovereignty
It refers to the inhabitants living within the state
People
It includes not only the fixed portion of land over whixh the jurisdiction of the state extends
Territory
It refers to the agency through which the will of the state is formulated, expressed and carried out
Government
The supreme power of the state to command and enforce obedience to its will from people within its jurisdiction and corollarily, to have freedom from foreign control
Sovereignty
It is an agency through which the state articulates its will
Government
it is a group of people bound together by certain characteristics such as common social origin, language, customs, and traditions
Nation
is a tax on the annual rental value
Urbana
is a tax on salaries, dividends and profits
Industria
Our ancestors were mainly involved in ______________ economy
subsistence economy
what is the name of the cedula system of Chinese
discriminatory cedula
During the arrival of Americans, Urbana was replaced by ______
real estate or land tax
what tax was introduced by the Americans
Income Tax
Inheritance Tax
In 1937 the _________ tax was abolished
cedula tax
meaning of DAR?
Department of Agrarian Reform
meaning of CARP?
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
what system did the Spaniards bring in their colonization of Agrarian Reform
Pueblo Agriculture
an unfair and abusive system, where the “compras y vandalas” became the norm for the Filipino Farmers
Encomienda System
Provide regulations on the disposal of public lands
The Philippine Bill of 1902
introduced the torrens system to address the absense of earlier records
Land Registration Act or Act No. 496
_______ a Filipino word means to accuse
Sakdal
meaning of NARIC?
National Rice and Corn Corporation
meaning of NLSA?
National Land Settlement Administration
