This document outlines the chapters and questions that will be addressed in a book about the jurisprudential and historical presentation of the Philippine Bill of Rights. The chapters will cover topics such as the history of rights for Filipinos under Spanish rule, the American occupation, and different constitutions; police power; eminent domain; taxation; due process; equal protection; search and seizure; communication/correspondence; and the right to privacy. Each chapter poses numerous questions about the concepts, laws, precedents, and applications related to the various rights and legal topics discussed.
This document outlines the chapters and questions that will be addressed in a book about the jurisprudential and historical presentation of the Philippine Bill of Rights. The chapters will cover topics such as the history of rights for Filipinos under Spanish rule, the American occupation, and different constitutions; police power; eminent domain; taxation; due process; equal protection; search and seizure; communication/correspondence; and the right to privacy. Each chapter poses numerous questions about the concepts, laws, precedents, and applications related to the various rights and legal topics discussed.
This document outlines the chapters and questions that will be addressed in a book about the jurisprudential and historical presentation of the Philippine Bill of Rights. The chapters will cover topics such as the history of rights for Filipinos under Spanish rule, the American occupation, and different constitutions; police power; eminent domain; taxation; due process; equal protection; search and seizure; communication/correspondence; and the right to privacy. Each chapter poses numerous questions about the concepts, laws, precedents, and applications related to the various rights and legal topics discussed.
PRESENTATION OF THE PHILIPPINE BILL OF RIGHTS: RULES AND REMEDIES -Froilan Bacungan-
Chapter 1. Introduction.
1. What is constitutional law? 2. What are rights? 3. What are the different classification of rights? 4. What is the source of rights? 5. What are human rights? 6. What are the international laws on human rights? 7. What are the bill of rights? 8. How are the bill of rights enforced? 9. Is the Philippine Bill of Rights consistent with international law?
Chapter 2. History of the Philippine Bill of Rights
1. How were the rights of Filipinos guaranteed during the Spanish period? 2. What are the bill of rights of Filipinos during the Revolutionary period? 3. How were the rights of Filipinos protected during the American occupation? 4. Describe the Bill of Rights under the 1935 and 1973 Constitution
Chapter 3. Police Power
1. What is police power? 2. What are the foundations of police power? 3. What is the scope and reach of police power 4. How do you distinguish police power from eminent domain? 5. How do you distinguish police power from taxation? 6. Can police power be diminished? 7. What is laissez faire? 1st ChanRobles Internet Bar Review : ChanRobles Professional Review, Inc. www.chanroblesbar.com : www.chanroblesbar.com.ph C h a n R o b l e s differe iffer sourc sourc ee huma huma are are th th hat at are are How How aa Is Is tt B a r
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Chapter 4. Eminent Domain
1. What is eminent domain? 2. What are the requisites for the valid exercise of eminent domain? 3. How is eminent domain exercised? 4. What constitutes taking? 5. What is the definition of public use and necessity of taking? 6. What is just compensation ? 7. What are the factors in determining just compensation? 8. What is the writ of possession? 9. What are the requirements for a local government unit to expropriate? 10. Can a government owned and controlled corporation expropriate?
Chapter 5. Taxation
1. What is tax ? 2. How do you distinguish tax from a license fee? 3. What is the nature and scope of taxation? 4. What are the limitations to the power of taxation? 5. Define the taxing power of the local government units 6. What is meant by the principle of uniformity in taxation? 7. How are taxes deemed equitable? 8. When is a tax considered equitable? 9. What is double taxation? 10. Who are exempted from taxation? 1st ChanRobles Internet Bar Review : ChanRobles Professional Review, Inc. www.chanroblesbar.com : www.chanroblesbar.com.ph C h a n R o b l e s
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Chapter 6. Due Process of Law
1. What is due process? 2. How has due process evolved in Philippine Legal History? 3. What is substantive and procedural due process? 4. What is the balancing of interests principle? 5. Is due process a limitation on police power? 6. What are the requirements of due process in judicial proceedings? 7. What are the requirements of due process in administrative proceedings? 8. When is a tribunal considered impartial ? 9. What is the right to be heard and to present evidence? 10. What are the quantum of evidences required in proceedings? 11. What is the required form of a decision? 12. What is rule on vagueness or overbreadth as a concept of due process? 13. What are the effects of violation of due process? 14. What are the effects for violation of substantive due process? 15. What are the effects for violation of procedural process? 16. What are the requisites of administrative due process? 17. When is a tribunal considered competent and impartial in administrative proceedings? 18. Will lack of jurisdiction invalidate a quasijudicial proceeding? 19. What are the requisites on notice and hearing in a quasi judicial proceeding? 20. Does the filing and hearing of a motion for reconsideration comply with the procedural due process requirement? 21. Are there any exceptions to this rule ? 22. When is prior notice and hearing required in quasijudicial proceedings? 23. When is prior notice and hearing not required in quasijudicial proceedings? 1st ChanRobles Internet Bar Review : ChanRobles Professional Review, Inc. www.chanroblesbar.com : www.chanroblesbar.com.ph C h a n R o b l e s
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Chapter 7. Equal Protection
1. What is the definition of equal protection? 2. What is classification in equal protection cases? 3. What are the tests to determine validity of classification? 4. What constitutes equal protection of laws? 5. When may a subsequent law or condition render a law violative of the equal protection clause?
Chapter 8. Search and Seizure
1. What are the constitutional safeguards against unreasonable search and seizure? 2. Are there any exceptions to the rule on warrantless search and seizure? 3. Does the constitutional protection apply to public officers? 4. What are the requirements for issuance of a warrant? 5. Must the search warrant be for only one specific offense? 6. What are the requirements on the description of the things to be seized? 7. What are the requirements on the designation of the place to be searched? 8. Must the person to whom the warrant was issued be the owner of the thing? 9. What is probable cause? 10. Who determines probable cause? 1st ChanRobles Internet Bar Review : ChanRobles Professional Review, Inc. www.chanroblesbar.com : www.chanroblesbar.com.ph C h a n R o b l e s
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Chapter 9. Communication and Correspondence
1. What forms of communication and correspondence are protected? 2. What is the rule on wire tapping? 3. Is the publication of an illegally intercepted communication allowed? 4. Are there any exceptions to the rule?
Chapter 10. Right to Privacy
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Chapter 11. Freedom of Speech
1. How does the constitution protect freedom of expression? 2. What is freedom of expression? 3. What is freedom of speech? 4. How has freedom of speech evolved in Philippine legal history? 5. Why is speech protected? 6. What is the rule on the discovery of truth? 7. What is the rule on criticism of official conduct? 8. What is the rule on media practitioners exercise of the right to free speech? 9. How does the constitution protected media? 10.What is the rule on privileged communications? 11.What is the doctrine of fair comment? 12.What is the rule on clear and convincing proof of actual malice? 13.What are the tests on the validity of restrictions on freedom of speech? 14.What is the dangerous tendency rule? 15.What is the clear and present danger rule? 16.What is the balancing of interests rule? 17.What is the O Brien Test? 18.What are the restrictions on Speech? 19.What is the doctrine on vagueness or overbreadth ? 20. What is prior restraint? 21.What is the rule on compelled speech? 22. Are there constitutional constraints on time, place and manner on speech? 23.What is the rule on student publications and other expressive activities? 24.What are the exceptions to free speech? 25. What is obscenity ? 26.What are the test to determine obscenity? 27.Is obscenity protected by free speech? 28.What is the rule on censorship? 1st ChanRobles Internet Bar Review : ChanRobles Professional Review, Inc. www.chanroblesbar.com : www.chanroblesbar.com.ph C h a n R o b l e s
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7 Chapter 12. Freedom of Assembly
1. What is the constitutional safeguard on free assembly and petition? 2. May government regulate the exercise of free assembly and petition? 3. What is the rule on the requirement of permit for public assembly? 4. What is the rule on contentbased or contentneutral ground for denial of a persons right to assembly? 5. When is clear, present and grave danger sufficient ground for denial of the right to assemble? 6. What is the effect on violation of laws during the exercise of ones right to peaceably assemble?
Chapter 13. Free exercise of Religion
1. What religion is protected by the constitution? 2. How has the free exercise clause of religion evolved in Philippine legal history? 3. What constitutes freed belief? 4. What are the tests to determine the free exercise of religion? 5. What is the constitutional rule on the nonestablishment clause of religion? 6. What are the reasons for the nonestablishment clause?
Chapter 13. Right to Travel
1. What is the right to travel? 2. What are the restrictions on the right to travel? 3. What are the rules on the issuance of or denial of passport?
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1. What is the constitutional rule on the right of the people to information? 2. How do you distinguish freedom of speech from the right to information? 3. Is the right to information absolute?
Chapter 15. Freedom of Association
1. What is the rule on freedom of association? 2. Can government employees form unions? 3. Does the right to associate include the right to exclude members?
Chapter 16. Impairment of Contract
1. What is the nonimpairment clause? 2. What kinds of contract are covered by the constitution? 3. When is there impairment? 4. What are the exceptions to this rule?
Chapter 17. Access to Courts
1. What is the constitutional rule on access to courts? 2. What are the limitations to this rule?
Chapter 18. Custodial Investigation
1. What are the rights of persons under custodial investigation? 2. What is custodial investigation? 3. Is the right to counsel required in the custodial investigation? 4. What are the duties of police officers in conducting custodial investigation? 5. What are the effects for violating the rights of a person during custodial investigation?
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9 Chapter 19. Right to Bail
1. What is the right to bail? 2. What are exceptions to the right to bail? 3. How is bail determined and set by court? 4. What are the procedural requirements in granting and denying bail?
Chapter 20. Rights of the Accused
1. What are the rights of the accused? 2. What is the right to be presumed innocent? 3. When is there a presumption of guilt arising from an established fact? 4. What is the equipoise rule? 5. What is the right to be informed? 6. What is the rule on the right to counsel during criminal prosecution? 7. What are the consequences on the denial of the right to counsel? 8. What is the right to remain silent? 9. When is there a right to confront and cross examine witnesses? 10. When is there a waiver of the right to cross examine? 11. What is the right to compulsory processes? 12. What is the right to speedy, impartial and public trial? 13. What constitutes an impartial trial? 14. What is the rule on public trial? 15. What is the right to appeal? 16. What is the liability of State on unjust conviction?
Chapter 21. Habaes Corpus
1. What is the writ of habeas corpus? 2. What are the grounds for issuance of the writ? 3. What are the remedies for denial of the writ? 4. Who may grant the writ? 1st ChanRobles Internet Bar Review : ChanRobles Professional Review, Inc. www.chanroblesbar.com : www.chanroblesbar.com.ph C h a n R o b l e s
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Chapter 22. Right to Speedy Disposition of Cases
1. What are the rules on speedy disposition of cases? 2. What are the effects on the denial of the right?
Chapter 23. Right against SelfIncrimination
1. What is the right to selfincrimination? 2. What are the rules on the right to self incrimination? 3. What are the effects on the denial of the right to self incrimination?
Chapter 24. NonImprisonment for Beliefs and Involuntary Servitude
1. What is the rule on nonimprisonment for political beliefs? 2. What is involuntary solitude? 3. What are the rules on involuntary solitude?
Chapter 25. Excessive Fines and Cruel Punishment
1. What is the rule on excessive fines ? 2. What are excessive fines? 3. When is punishment constitutionally declared as cruel? 4. What are the remedies in case of excessive fines and cruel punishment?
Chapter 26. Nonpayment of debt or poll tax
1. What is the rule on nonpayment of debt or poll tax? 2. What kind of debt is constitutionally covered? 3. What is poll tax?
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11 Chapter 27. Double Jeopardy
1. What is double jeopardy? 2. What are the elements of double jeopardy? 3. When is there no double jeopardy? 4. When does double jeopardy not apply?
Chapter 28. Ex Post Facto and Bill of Attainder
1. What is an ex post facto law? 2. What is a bill of attainder? 3. What are the constitutional rules against ex post facto law and bill of attainder?
Chapter 29. New Generation of Rights
1. What is the second generation of human rights? 2. What is the third generation of human rights? 3. What are the constitutional provisions enforcing the second and third generation of human rights?
Chapter 30. Remedies on violation of rights
1. What is the writ of amparo? 2. How is the writ of amparo obtained? 3. How is the writ of amparo enforced? 4. What is the writ of habeas data? 5. How is the writ of habeas data obtained? 6. How is the writ of habeas data enforced? 7. What are the civil and administrative remedies for human rights violations?
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12 Appendices:
1. Malolos Constitution provisions on the Bill of Rights 2. 1935 Constitution on Bill of Rights 3. 1973 Constitution on Bill of Rights 4. 1987 Constitution on Bill of Rights
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