UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

COLLEGE OF LAW

POLITICAL LAW
Florin T. Hilbay
PRELIMINARY READINGS
Laurence Tribe, On Reading The Constitution 1-30 (1991)
F.T. Hilbay, Where The Shadows Lie, 85 PHIL. L.J. 104 (2010)
Vicente V. Mendoza, From McKinleys Instructions to the New Constitution 1-55
(1978).
CONST., arts. II, VI, VIII, VIII, IX, XI.

INTRODUCTORY CASES
Lawyers League for a Better Philippines v. Aquino, G.R. No. 73748, 22 May
1986.
De Leon v. Esguerra, G.R. No. 78059, 31 August 1987.
Letter of Associate Justice Reynato S. Puno, A.M. No. 90-11-2697-CA. 29 June
1992.
Estrada v. Desierto, G.R. Nos.146710-15, 2 March 2001.
Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch (5 U.S.) 137, 2 L.Ed. 60 (1803).
Angara v. Electoral Commission, G.R. No. 4501, 15 July 1936.
Government of the Philippine Islands v. Springer, G.R. No. 26979, 1 April 1927.
Springer v. Government of the Philippine Islands, 277 U.S. 19 (1928).
Francisco v. House of Representatives, G.R. No. 160261, 10 November 2003.
Biraogo v. the Philippine Truth Commission, G.R No. 192935, 7 December 2010.

PRINCIPLES & STATE POLICIES

INCORPORATION CLAUSE
Merlin M. Magallona, The Supreme Court and International Law, 85 PHIL. L. J. 1
(2010).
BAYAN MUNA v. Romulo, G.R. No. 159618, 1 February 2011.

CIVILIAN SUPREMACY
Integrated Bar of the Philippines v. Zamora, G.R. No. 141284, 15 August 2000.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE
Raul C. Pangalangan, Transplanted Constitutionalism: The Philippine Debate on
the Secular State and the Rule of Law, 82 PHIL. L. J. 1 (2008).
Florin T. Hilbay, The Establishment Clause: An Anti-Establishment View, 82
PHIL. L. J. 24 (2008).
Estrada v. Escritor, A.M. No. P-0201651, 4 August 2003.
Estrada v. Escritor, A. M. No. P-02-1651, 22 Jun 2006.
FAMILY LIFE & LIFE OF THE UNBORN
See rhbill.org for text of the RH bill.
Primer on Legal Issues in Reproductive Health (Pangalangan, AguilingPangalangan, Roque & Hilbay, 2012)
BALANCED & HEALTHFUL ECOLOGY
Oposa v. Factoran, G.R. No. 101083, 30 July 1993.
MMDA v. Concerned Residents of Manila Bay, G.R. Nos. 171947-48, 18
December 2008.
PRIORITY TO EDUCATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Guingona, Jr. v. Carague, G.R. No. 94571, 22 April 1991.
ECONOMY EFFECTIVELY CONTROLLED BY FILIPINOS
Taada v. Angara, G.R. No. 118295, 2 May 1997.
Garcia v. Board of Investments, G.R. No. 92024, 9 November 1990.
Garcia v. Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 100883, 2 December 1991.
Espina v. Zamora, G.R. No. 143855, 21 September 2010.
Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS, G.R. No. 122156, 3 February 1997.
INDIGENOUS CULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Cruz v. Secretary of Environment & Natural Resources, G.R. No. 135385.
FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
The Province of North Cotabato v. GRP, G.R. No. 183591, 14 October 2008.
Chavez v. PCGG, G.R. No. 130716, 9 December 1998.
Aquino-Sarmiento v. Morato, G.R. No. 92541, 13 November 1991.
Legaspi v. Civil Service Commission, G.R. No. 72119, 29 May 1987.
Valmonte v. Belmonte, Jr., G.R. No. 74930, 13 February 1989.
Bantay Republic v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 177271, 4 May 2007.
Antolin v. Domondon, G.R. No. 165036, 5 July 2010.
Chavez v. Public Estates Authority, G.R. No. 133250, 9 July 2002.
AKBAYAN v. Aquino, G.R. No. 170516, 16 July 2008.

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION: ARTICLE VI
MEMBERSHIP
Veterans Federation Party v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 136781, 6 October 2000.
Ang Bagong Bayani v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 14759, 26 June 2001.
BANAT v. COMELEC, G.R. NO. 179271, 21 April 2009.
SPEECH & DEBATE; DISCIPLINE
Osmena v. Pendatun, G.R. No. L-17144, 28 October 1960.
Jimenez v. Cabangbang, G.R. No. 15905, 3 August 1966.
Defensor-Santiago v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 128055, 18 April 2001.
INTERNAL BUSINESS
Avelino v. Cuenco, G.R. No. L-2821, 4 March 1949.
Santiago v. Guingona, G.R. No. 134577, 18 November 1998.
Daza v. Singson, G.R. No. 86344, 21 December 1989.
Coseteng v. Mitra, Jr., G.R. No. 86649, 12 July 1990.
Guingona, Jr. v. Gonzales, G.R. No. 106971, 1 March 1993.
Bondoc v. Pineda, G.R. No. 97710, 26 September 1991.
LEGISLATIVE INQUIRIES
Bengzon v. Senate Blue Ribbon Committee,
G.R. No. 89914, 20 November 1991
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee v. Majaducon,
G.R. No. 136760, 29 July 2003.
Senate v. Ermita, G.R. No. 169177, 20 April 2006.
In the Matter of the Petition for Issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus of Sabio, G.R.
No. 174340, 17 October 2006.
Standard Chartered Bank v. Senate, G.R. No. 167173, 27 December 2007.
Neri v. Senate, G.R. No. 10643, 25 March 2008.
Garcillano v. House, G.R. No. 170338, 23 December 2008.
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
Pascual v. Secretary of Public Works, G.R. No. L-10405, 29 December 1960
Tolentino v. Secretary of Finance, G.R. No. 115525,
25 August 1994; 30 October 1995
PHILCONSA v. Enriquez, G.R. No. 113105, 19 August 1994.
ABAKADA v. Ermita, G.R. No. 16056,

1 September 2005; 18 October 2005.

Arroyo v. De Venecia, G.R. No. 127255, 14 August 1997.
Bengzon v. Drilon, G.R. No. 103524, 15 April 1992.
Gonzales v Macaraig, G.R. No. 7636, 19 November 1990.
INITIATIVE & REFERENDUM
Lambino v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 174153, 25 October 2006.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION: ARTICLE VII
EXECUTIVE POWER
Marcos v. Manglapus, G.R. No. 88211
15 September 1989; 27 October 1989
Villena v. Secretary of the Interior, G.R. No. 46570, 21 April 2939.
Anak Mindanao Party-List Group v. Executive Secretary,
G.R. No. 166052, 29 August 2007.
MULTIPLE OFFICES
Civil Liberties Union v. Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 83896,
22 February 1991.
Bitonio v. Commission on Audit, G.R. No. 147392, 12 March 2004.
APPOINTMENTS
De Castro v. Judicial and Bar Council, G.R. No. 191002,
17 March 2010; 20 April 2010
Sarmiento v. Mison, G.R. No. L-79974, 17 December 1987.
Pimentel v. Ermita, G.R. No. 164978, 13 October 2005.
Rufino v. Endriga, G.R. No. 139554, 21 July 2006.
Matibag v. Benipayo, G.R. No. 149036, 2 April 2002.
MILITARY POWERS
David v. Macapagal-Arroyo, G.R. No. 171396, 3 May 2006.
Fortun v. Macapagal-Arroyo, G.R. No. 190293, 20 March 2012.
CLEMENCY
Barrioquinto v. Fernandez, G.R. No. L-1278, 21 January 1949.
Monsanto v. Factoran, G.R. No. 78239, 9 February 1989.

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION: ARTICLE VIII
PRUDENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Francisco v. House of Representatives, G.R. No. 160261, 10 November 2003.
EFFECT OF NULLITY
Municipality of Malabang v. Benito, G.R. No. L-28113, 28 March 1969.
CASES V. MATTERS
Fortich v. Corona, G.R. No. 131457, 19 August 1999.

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION
Caoibes v. Ombudsman, G.R. No. 132177, 19 July 2001.
PRACTICE OF LAW
Cayetano v. Monsod, G.R. No. 100113, 3 September 1991.
JUDICIAL & BAR COUNCIL
Chavez v. Judicial & Bar Council, G.R. No. 202242, 17 July 2012.
DISCIPLINE OF JUDGES
People v. Gacott, G.R. No. 116049, 13 July 1995.
NON-JUDICIAL TASKS
In Re Designation of Judge Manzano, A.M. No. 8-7-1861-RTC,
5 October 1988.
INCREASE IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Fabian v. Desierto, G.R. No. 129742, 16 September 1998.

CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS
PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION: ARTICLE IX
ROTATIONAL SCHEME OF APPOINTMENTS
Gaminde v. COA, G.R. No. 140335, 13 December 2000.
SECURITY OF TENURE
De los Santos v. Mallare, G.R. No. L-3881, 31 August 1950.

Demaisip v. Bacal, G.R. No. 139382, 6 December 2000.

Buklod ng Kawaning EIIB v. Executive Secretary,
G.R. No. 142801, 10 July 2001.
MULTIPLE APPOINTMENTS
Flores v. Drilon, G.R. No. 104732, 22 June 1993.
EXTERNAL AUDIT
DBP v. COA, G.R. No. 88435, 16 January 2002.

ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS

PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION: ARTICLE XI
IMPEACHMENT
Gutierrez v. House Committee on Justice, G.R. No. 193459,
15 February 2011; 8 March 2011.
Corona v. Senate, G.R. No. 200242, 17 July 2012.
IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY OF STATES RIGHT TO RECOVER
Presidential Ad Hoc Fact-Finding Cmte. On Behest Loans v. Desierto,
G.R. No. 135482, 14 August 2001.