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2.
3.
IMPORTANCE OF
POLITICAL SCIENCE
1.
2.
3.
CONCEPT OF STATE
A community of persons more or less
numerous, permanently occupying a
definite portion of territory, having a
government of their own, to which the
great body of inhabitants render
obedience and enjoying freedom from
external control.
3.
4.
NATION
STATE
legal/political
one
concept
ethnic
one
concept
nation may be
made up of several
states
STATE
principal
GOVERNMENT
agent
abstraction
externalize
cannot
can
cannot
can
exist without
the government
be changed so
long as the elements
are present
the will of
the state
exist without a
state
be changed
FORMS of GOVERNMENT
As to number of persons exercising sovereign
powers
1.
2.
3.
2.
2.
GOVERNMENT
of the
PHILIPPINES
in
TRANSITION
PRE-SPANISH GOVERNMENT
Barangay
Datu
Social
classes
Early laws
SPANISH PERIOD
Ferdinand
Magellan (1521)
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi (1566)
Katipunan government (1892)
Biak na Bato Republic (1897)
Dictatorial government (1898)
Philippine Independence at Kawit, Cavite
Revolutionary
government (1898)
First Philippine Republic (1898)
Malolos Constitution
AMERICAN PERIOD
Treaty
of Paris
Military government (1898)
Civil government (1901)
Commonwealth government (1934)
Tydings Mc Duffie Law
JAPANESE PERIOD
Japanese
Military Administration
(1942)
The Philippine Executive Commission
The Japanese-sponsored Republic of
the Philippines (1943)
Revolutionary
De jure/de facto
Constitutional
Democratic
Powers
Provisional Constitution
CONSTITUTION
is a written instrument by which the
fundamental
powers
of
the
government are established, limited
and defined by which these powers
are distributed among the several
departments/branches for the benefit
of the people.
2. Basic Framework
Constitution is providing system to
the government; assigning powers and
duties to different government
departments/branches; protecting the
rights of individuals against arbitrary
actions of the government.
Requisites of a
good written constitution
As to form
1. Brief
2. Broad
3. Definite
As to contents
1. Constitution of
government
2. Constitution of
liberty
3. Constitution of
sovereignty
CONSTITUTION
a legislation direct
from the people
merely states the
general framework
of the law
not merely to meet
existing conditions
but to govern the
future
the supreme or
fundamental law
STATUTE
a legislation from the
peoples
representatives
provides the details
of
the subject it treats
to meet existing
conditions only
CONSTITUTIONS
OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES
Malolos Constitution
September
1935 Constitution
March
1973 Constitution
March
Freedom Constitution
February
1987 Constitution
April