WEEK 3

Constitution

is the basic and highest law of the land to which all other laws must conform and to which all persons including the highest officials of the land, must defer or comply.

February 2 1987

when was the constitution approved

Supremacy of the constitution

Under the doctrine of constitutional supremacy, if a law or contract violates any form of the constitution, that the law or contract, whether promulgated by the legislative or executive branch or entered into by private persons for private purposes, is null and void and without any force and effect.

Article 3 Bill of rights

No person shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor, shall any person be denied the equal protection of laws.

Life

human beings or natural persons and juridical persons. As a rule the government cannot take away the life of the person without due process.

Liberty

is freedom to do right and never wrong; it is ever guided by reason and the upright and honorable conscience of the individual.

Property

mayrefer to personal or real, immovable or movable objects which cannot be taken or disposed of, like lands, buildings, cars, jewelries and the like.

Equal protection clause

simply means people of the same class shall be treated alike.

Article 3 section 3

The privacy of communication and correspondence shall be inviolable except upon lawful order of the court, or when public safety or order requires otherwise, as prescribed by law.

(2) Any evidence obtained in violation of this or the preceding section shall be inadmissible for any purpose in any proceeding.

Republic act no 4200

otherwise known as the Anti- Wiretapping Law, provides penalties for specific violations of the privacy of communication.

Doctrine of the fruit of the poisonous tress

The second paragraph of Article 3 Section 1 is the so called ?

This means, any evidence obtained illegally cannot be used as evidence or is considered to be inadmissible in any proceedings.

Article 3 Section 6

The liberty to abode and of changing the same within the limits

prescribed by law shall not be impaired except upon lawful order of the court. Neither shall the right to travel be impaired except in the interest of national security, public safety, or public health, as may be provided by law.

The liberty of abode

the right of the person to establish his own residence or home. Any person can also change his residence or dwelling from one place to another.

Right to travel

travelling from one place to another is also a guaranteed right. However there are cases wherein this right can be impaired or restricted by the government.

Article 12 National Economy and patrimony

In the grant of rights, privileges, and concessions covering the national economy and patrimony, the State shall give preference to qualified Filipinos.

Article 12 Section 10

The Congress shall, upon recommendation of the economic and planning agency, when the national interest dictates, reserve to citizens of the Philippines or to corporations or associations at least sixty per centum of whose capital is owned by such citizens, or such higher percentage as Congress may prescribe, certain areas of investments.

Article 3 Section 8

The right of the people, including those employed in the public and private sectors, to form unions, associations, or societies for purposes not contrary to law shall not be abridged.

Article 3 Section 4

No law shall be passed, abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for redress of grievances.

Article 1 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