THE PREAMBLE

Question 1

PREAMBLE

Answer 1

• It is from the Latin word “preambulare” meaning
  “to walk before.”
• The preamble is the prayer of the Filipino people
• Based on the social contract theory a contract
  between the people and the government to
  promote the common gooD

Question 2

RECITE PREAMBLE

Answer 2

We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society, and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity, the blessings of independence and
democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.

Question 3

ARTICLE 1

Answer 3

NATIONAL TERRITORY

The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories
over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains, including its territorial sea,
the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of
the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the Philippines

Question 4

UNCLOS

Answer 4

• United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea
• This governs the territorial jurisdiction of all archipelagic states

Question 5

ITLOS

Answer 5

• International Tribunal on the Laws of the Sea

Question 6

ARTICLE 2

Answer 6

DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES PRINCIPLES

Question 7

STATE

Answer 7

A state is a community of persons more or less numerous,
permanently occupying a definite portion of territory,
independent of external control, and possessing an
organized government to which the great body of
inhabitants render habitual obedience.

Question 8

ELEMENTS OF THE STATE

Answer 8

1. People
2. Territory
3. Government
4. Sovereignty

Question 9

ARTICLE 3

Answer 9

BILL OF RIGHTS

Question 10

CLASSIFICATION OF RIGHTS

Answer 10

1. Natural Rights
   2.Constitutional Rights
2. Statutory Rights
3. Political rights
4. Civil Rights
5. Social and economic rights
6. Rights of the Accused
7. Human rights

Question 11

NATURAL RIGHTS

Answer 11

• rights posessed of a person as a creation of God

Ex: right to love, right to live

Question 12

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

Answer 12

• rights granted and protected by a constitution, cannot be modified/replaced by the law making body

Question 13

STATUTORY RIGHTS

Answer 13

• rights provided by laws from the lawmaking body and may abolished by the same body

Ex: maternity leave

Question 14

POLITICAL RIGHTS

Answer 14

rights of the citizen, power to participate establishment/administration

Ex: Citizanship, Suffrage

Question 15

CIVIL RIGHTS

Answer 15

rights of citizen to enjoy their means of happiness/ development
Ex: Travel, property

Question 16

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS

Answer 16

rights intended to ensure the well-being and economic security of the individual.

Question 17

RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED

Answer 17

rights intended to protect the person accused of any crime

Question 18

HUMAN RIGHTS

Answer 18

UNIVERSAL RIGHTS, rights which humans have since she/he exit\st as a human being.

Question 19

5 TYPES OF GOVERNMENT

Answer 19

MONARCHY
ARISTOCRACY
PARLIAMENTARY
OLIGARCHY
TRANSITIONAL

Question 20

DOCTRINE HIERARCHY OF RIGHTS

Question 21

INHERENT POWERS OF THE STATE

Question 22

POLICE POWER

Answer 22

most comprehensive
regulates right and liberty for common good

Question 23

POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN

Answer 23

Article 3 Section 9 (1987 Consti)
Private property cannot be taken for public use without compensation

Question 24

EXPROPRIATION