Art.

XIII Social Justice and Human Rights

Sec. 2 Social Justice
1. ACAS: Islriz Trading vs. Capada, GR 168501, 31 Jan. 2001
a. Do the social justice principles of labor law outweigh or render inapplicable civil law
doctrine of unjust enrichment?
Sec. 3 Labor
1. ARCIDE: Yrasuegui vs. PAL, GR 168081, 17 Oct. 2009, 569 SCRA 467
a. Will obesity justify employment termination? What is the Meiorin Test? Is it valid and
constitutional?
Sec. 4 Agrarian Reform
1. AMISTAD: RC Archbishop of Caceres vs. DAR, GR 139285, 21 Dec. 2007
a. Can agricultural land conditionally donated to the archbishop and held in trust and in
behalf of the millions of the Filipino faithful be exempted from CAR?
2. BANQUERIGO: Apo Fruits vs. LBP, GR 164195, 5 April 2011
a. Should just compensation under the agrarian reform program be different from the just
compensation in any other case of expropriation?
3. CATACUTAN: Haciendu Luisita vs. PARC, GR 171101, 5 July 2011
a. Is Sec. 31 of RA 6657, which permits stock transfer in lieu of outright agricultural land
transfer inconsistent with the basic concept of agrarian reform ingrained in Sec. 4, Art. XIII
of the Constitution?
4. CABIJE: Land Bank vs. Obias, GR 184406, 14 March 2012
a. Whether or not the provisions of DAR-A.O. No. 13, as amended, are mandatory insofar as
the computation of interest for PD 27 acquired is concerned? How should just compensation
be treated viewed against the Bill of Rights and agrarian reform?
Art. XIV Education
Sec. 2 Availability of Quality Education
1. DAGPIN: Superintendent vs. Azarcon, GR 166435, 11 Feb. 2008
a. Does the accessibility to quality education justify teachers re-assignment?
2. DEL LOS SANTOS: PTA of SMCA vs. MBTC, GR 176518, 2 March 2012
a. Against whom is the constitutional mandate to protect and promote the right of all citizens
to quality education at all levels directed? Were petitioners right to quality education
violated?
Sec.3 Desired Educational Values
1. DONGGAY: Jenosa vs. USA, GR 172138, 8 Sept. 2010
a. Is discipline in education specifically mandated by the 1987 Constitution? Can school
authorities impose discipline on students?
Sec. 5 Academic Freedom
1. ENDOSO: Mercado vs. AMA Computer College, GR 183572, 13 April 2010
a. Does institutional academic freedom include the right of the school or college to decide and
adopt screening guidelines for its faculty?
Art. XV The Family
Sec. 1 Filipino Family
1. FILIPINAS: Antonio vs. Reyes, GR 155800, 10 March 2006
a. Had the Constitution establish the parameters of state protection to marriage, as a social
institution and the foundation of family?
Sec. 2 Marriage
1. GAMALLO: Republic vs. Orbecido, GR 154380, 5 Oct. 2005
a. Given a valid marriage between two citizens, where one party is later naturalized as a
foreign citizen and obtains a valid divorce decree capacitating him or her to remarry, can the
Filipino spouse likewise remarry under Philippine law?
2. GAMO: Rumbaua vs. Rumbaua, GR 166738, 14 Aug. 2009
a. What are the definitive guidelines in the interpretation and application of Art. 36 of the
Family Code?
3. GANIR: Bolos vs. Bolos, GR 186400, 2 Oct. 2010
a. Does AM No. 02-11-10 SC to marriages before the Family Code take effect? Is the break-up
of families consistent with the inviolability of the marriage?
4. JAUGAN: Aurelio vs. Aurelio, GR 175367, 6 June 2011
a. May the appearance of the prosecuting attorney or fiscal assigned to be waived pursuant to
AM No. 02-11-10?
Art. XVI General Provisions
Sec. 3 Sovereign Immunity
1. LENTORIO: Chato vs. Fortune Tobacco, GR 141309, 19 June 2007
a. May a public officer be validly sued in his/her private capacity for acts done in connection
with the discharge of the functions of his/her duties?
2. LIU: Professional Video Inc. vs. TESDA, GR 155504, 26 June 2009
a. Can TESDA be sued without its consent?
3. MALCAMPO: Shell Philippines vs. Jalos, GR 179918, 8 Sept. 2010
a. Can Shell invoke state immunity as agent of the Republic of the Philippines?
4. MONTEJO: Vigilar vs. Aquino, GR 130388, 18 Jan. 2011
a. Was the doctrine of sovereign immunity properly invoked?
Sec. 6 One Police Force
1. TALEON: Gannapao vs. Civil Service Commission et al., GR 180141, 31 May 2011
a. Being civilian in character, is the Philippine National Police covered by the Civil Service?

Art. XVIII Transitory Provisions
Sec. 2 Synchronization of Election
1. UY: Kida vs. Senate, GR 196271, 18 Oct. 2011
a. Does the synchronization mandated by the Constitution include the regional elections of
ARMM in relation to Art. XVIII, Sec. 2?
Sec. 3 Prior Laws, etc.
1. YBIO: Alvarez vs. PICOP, GR 162243, 3 Dec. 2009
a. Is the presidential warranty, issued to PICOP on 29 July 1969, beyond the reach of the 1987
Constitution?
Sec. 26 PCGG
1. ACAS: Cocofed vs. Republic, GR 177857-58, 17 Sept. 2009
a. Is the conversion of sequestered shares from common shares to preferred shares valid and
constitutional? Will the conversion remorse the shares from PCGG sequestration and
management?
2. ARCIDE: Republic vs. Cojuangco, GR 166859, 12 April 2011
a. Were Cojuangcos SMC shares illegally acquired with the coconut-levy funds?
3. AMISTAD: Republic vs. Marcos, GR 155832, 7 Dec. 2010
a. Is a sequestration order signed by the PCGG-designated agents and issued prior to the
effectivity of the PCGG rules and regulations, valid?