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1. Political theory
2. Public Law
3. Public Administration
Political Theory
It refers to the entire body of
doctrines relating to the origin,
form, behaviour, and purposes
of the state are dealt with the
study of political theory.
Public Law – the (a)
organization of governments, (b)
the limitations upon government
authority, (c) the powers and
duties of governmental offices
and officers, and (d) the
obligations of one state to
another are handled in the study
of public law.
Private Laws are the one which
govern the relations among
individuals, public law is so
specialized that separate courses
offered in each of its
subdivisions, namely: (a)
constitutional law, (b)
administrative law, and (c)
international Law.
Public Administration -
attention is focused upon
methods and techniques used
in the actual management of
the state affairs by executive,
legislative, and judicial
branches of government.
N.B, today, legislative bodies
have been forced to delegate
greater discretion to executive
officers responsible for the
conduct of government policies
and powers. Thus we find many
administrative agencies
exercising quasi-legislative and
quasi-judicial powers.
Interrelationship of Political
Science with other branches of
learning:
1.History
“History is past politics and
politics is present history.”
Political Scientist adopts a
“historical approach and
employs knowledge of the past
when he seeks to interpret
present and probable
developments in political
phenomena.
2. Economics
1. Terrestrial/land mass
2. Aerial
3. Fluvial
4. Maritime Domain
The smallest state is Vatican
State with an area of 0.43
square kilometres. It would fit
in Rizal Park in Manila. The
biggest state is Canada with
an area of 3,852,000 square
miles which covers a surface
nearly as large as Europe.
The Philippines has a total land
area of about 115,707 square
miles .
3. Government
It refers to the agency through
which the will of the state is
formulated, expressed and
carried out.
4. Sovereignty
It is the supreme power of the
state to command and enforce
obedience to its will from
people within its jurisdiction,
and to have freedom from
foreign control.
Two manifestations of Sovereignty:
1. Internal or the power of the state
to rule within its territory;
2. External or the freedom of the
state to carry out its activities without
subjection or control by other states.
External sovereignty is often referred
to as independence.
GOVERNMENT
Forms of Government:
The principal forms are the
following:
1.As to number of persons
exercising sovereign powers;
2. As to extent of powers
exercised by the central or
national government;
3. As to relationship between the
executive and the legislative
branches of the government;
4. As to source of power or
authority:
1. As to number of persons
exercising sovereign powers:
A. Government by one
A1) Monarchy or one in which
the supreme and final authority
is in the hands of a single
person without regard to the
source of his election or the
nature or duration of his tenure.
Monarchies are further
classified into:
Monarchy, form of government
in which one person has the
hereditary right to rule as head
of state during his or her
lifetime; the term is also applied
to the state so governed.
Monarchs include such rulers as
kings and queens, emperors and
empresses, tsars, and kaisers.
1. It must be broad
It must outline an
organization of the government
for the whole State.
2. It must be brief
It is a document that should
not be too detailed in form.
3. It must be definite
Clarity and definiteness are
indispensable ingredients of a
Constitution.
CONSTITUTION OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES
Congress is required to
provide by law for the
implementation of the exercise
of this right.
Once the required number of
voters’ signature is complied with,
Congress is bound to submit the
proposed amendments to the
people in a plebiscite.
The above requirements are
designed to ensure that a sizeable
portion of the population really
desire to propose the amendment
and at the same time avoid
frequent changes in the
fundamental law which are not
conducive to political stability.
Sec. 3, Art. XVII
The Congress may, by a vote
of two-thirds of all its Members,
call a constitutional convention,
or by a majority vote of all its
members, submit to the
electorate the question of calling
such a convention.
Method by which constitutional
convention may be called.
1.Congress by two-thirds vote of
all its members may call a
constitutional convention; or
2. Congress by a majority vote of
all its members (in case neither
the ¾ nor 2/3 vote can be
mustered) may toss the
question to call a constitutional
Convention to the electorate in an
election.
Constitutional Convention is a
body assembled for the
expressed purpose of framing
the constitution, or revising the
existing Constitution, or
formulating amendments to it
for the approval of the
electorate.
Sec. 4, Art. XVII
Any amendment to, or revision
of, this Constitution under Section
1 hereof shall be valid when ratified
by a majority of the votes cast in a
plebiscite which shall be held not
earlier than sixty days nor later
than ninety days after approval of
such amendment.
Any amendment under Sec. 2
hereof shall be valid when ratified
by a majority of the votes cast in a
plebiscite which shall be held not
later than sixty days nor later than
ninety days after certification by
the Commission on Elections of
the sufficiency of the petition.
Ratification means the direct
approval by the people of the
amendment to, or revision of the
constitution. It is the final act to
make any change in the
constitution valid as part thereof.
1987 CONSTITUTION
Preamble
Answer:
The Preamble cannot be
considered as a source of substantive
power unless apart from the
Preamble, it is to be found in express
form in the distribution of powers.
Difference between 1935 & 1987
Constitution esp. In Preamble
Q. In both the 1973 & 1987 Constitutions
the Preamble starts with the
declaration “we, the sovereign Filipino
people,” while the 1935 Constitution
started with the “The Filipino people.”
What is the significance of the variance
in phraseology?
Answer:
The phrase “The Filipino
people” as used in the 1935
Constitution creates the first
impression that the Filipinos were
allowed to adopt a Constitution of
their own only upon permission of
a foreign master.
Article I National Territory
Territory is an area of the earth’s
surface which is the subject of
sovereign rights and interests. It is
that definite or aliquot area of the
earth’s surface within which a State
exercises jurisdiction, subject to the
limitations imposed by international
law.
Q. What is the territory of the
Philippines?
Answer: NATIONAL TERRITORY
(Art. I)
“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 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.
Q. Discuss the archipelagic
doctrine
Answer: The archipelagic
doctrine which is now an
accepted principle of public
international law means the
integration of a group of islands
to the sea and their oneness so
that together they constitute one
unit, one country and one state.
A single base line is drawn
around the islands by joining
appropriate points of the outermost
islands of the archipelago with
straight base lines. The waters
within the baselines are considered
as internal waters.
Q. What are the modes of acquiring
territory?
Answer:
The conventional modes of
acquiring territory are: