Regalian Doctrine Flashcards
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What is the Regalian doctrine? What is its appropriate Constitutional citation?
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Under the Regalian doctrine, all land and all other natural resources belong to the State. This principle is articulated in Article XII, Section 2 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution which provides:
Section 2. All lands of the public domain, waters, minerals, coal, petroleum, and other mineral oils, all forces of potential energy, fisheries, forests or timber, wildlife, flora and fauna, and other natural resources are owned by the State. With the exception of agricultural lands, all other natural resources shall not be alienated.
