COMMUNITY OF PERSONS MORE OR LESS NUMEROUS LIVING IN A DEFINITE TERRITORY POSSES A GOVERNMENT AND ENTIRELY FREE FROM EXTERNAL CONTROL

BASIC ELEMENT OF A STATE

FOURTH ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE STATE. THIS MEANS SUPREME AND FINAL LEGAL AUTHORITY ABOVE AND BEYOND

THE STATE IS SUPREME OVER ALL ITS CITIZENS AND ASSOCIATIONS

TWO ASPECTS OF SOVEREIGNTY

THE STATE IS INDEPENDENT AND FREE FROM FOREIGN AND OUTSIDE CONTROL

THE POWER TO ENACT LAWS FOR THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ORDER

THREE INHERENT POWERS OF STATE:

THE POWER TO EXACT PROPORTIONAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE PEOPLE TO DEFRAY THE COST OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPENDITURES

THE POWER TO TAKE PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC USE UPON PAYMENT OF JUST COMPENSATION

ORGANIZATION THAT PEOPLES SET UP TO PROTECT THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO ENFORCE ITS RULES

ARE GIVEN POWER, THE AUTHORITY TO USE FOR, AND TO EXERCISE AUTHORITY

6 PURPOSES OF GOVERNMENT

TO LINK THE STATES TOGETHER

FAIR, REASONABLE, AND IMPARTIAL LAW

ENSURE PEACE

DEFEND COUNTRIES FROM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC THREAT

PROTECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE

FREEDOMS

THOSE WHICH CONSTITUTE THE BOND OF SOCIETY, AND ARE THEREFORE, COMPULSORY IN NATURE

TWO FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT

THOSE UNDERTAKEN BY WAY OF ADVANCING THE GENRAL INTEREST OF SOCIETY AND ARE THEREFORE OPTIONAL SUCH AS PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC EDUCATION ETC.

TYPES OF GOVERNMENT

RULE BY MANY

RULE BY A FEW

RULE BY ONE

RULE BY NONE

FORMS OF GOVERMENT

KING/QUEEN IS HEAD OF THE STATE BUT POWER LIMITED BY A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNING BODY

THE KING/QUEEN HAS TOTAL POWER AND RULE

ABSOLUTE RULE AND IS NOT RESTRICTED BY LAWS OR CONSTITUTIONS

RULE BY A PRIVILEGED UPPER CLASS

PARLIAMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN AND QUEEN ELIZABETH IN ENGLAND

JAPAN AND PARTS OF ASIA AND AFRICA

CUBA

GOVERNMENTS FROM THE MIDDLE AGES

MAGNA CARTA HELPED TO FORM THIS SO THAT COMMON PEOPLE WOULD HAVE VOICES

OFTEN RESULTS IN ABUSE OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF ITS CONTROL

PEOPLE HAVE NO FREEDOM OR POWER

RULE BY THE BEST. NO LONGER EXISTS AS A GOVERNMENT BUT EXISTS IN A CONJUNCTION WITH MONARCHY

UNITARY SYSTEM

FEDERATION

CONFEDERATION

AUTHORITY IS CONCENTRATED IN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

AUTHORITY IS DIVIDED BETWEEN CENTRAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS AND IS DERIVED FROM THE PEOPLE

AUTHORITY IS CONCENTRATED IN STATES

joining of powers and executive branch members are also legislative branch members

separation of powers and a clear separation between executive and legislative branches

GOVERNMENT LEGITIMACY

BY RIGHT, ACCORDING TO LAW AND THE STANDARDS ARE DECLARED TO BE THE STANDARD. OFTEN BY A CONSORTIUM

IN REALITY, AS A MATTER OF FACT. STANDARDS GROW TO BECOME ADOPTED AS A STANDARD

A SET OF LAWS AND PRINCIPLES MAY BE WRITTEN OR UNWRITTEN ON WHICH A COUNTRY IS ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE GOVERNED

SYSTEM OF FUNDAMENTAL LAWS AND PRINCIPLES THAT PRESCRIBES THE NATURE, FUNCTIONS, AND LIMITS OF A GOVERNMENT OR ANOTHER INSTITUTION

BODY OF RULES WHCH REGULATES THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WITHIN A STATE

WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION SERVES AS?

CLASSIFICATION OF CONSTITUTION

REQUISITES OF A GOOD WRITTEN CONSTITUTION

ONE WHICH IS ENACTED BY A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OR GRANTED BY A MONARCH TO HIS SUBJECTS LIKE THE CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN IN 1889

ONE WHICH IS A PRODUCT OF GROWTH OR LONG PERIOD OF DEVELOPMEMT ORIGINATING IN CUSTOMS

ONE WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN DEFENITE WRITTEN FORM AT A PARTICULAR TIME, USUALLY BY A SPECIAL CONSTITUTED AUTHORITY CALLED A "CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION"

ONE WHICH IS ENTIRELY THE PRODUCT OF POLITICAL EVOLUTION, CONSISTING LARGELY OF A MASS OF CUSTOMS

ONE REGARDED AS A DOCUMENT OF SPECIAL SANCTITY WHICH CANNOT BE AMENDED OR ALTERED EXCEPT BY SOME SPECIAL MACHINERY

ONE WHICH POSSESSES NO HIGHER LEGAL AUTHORITY THAN ORDINARY LAWS

THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION MAY BE CLASSIFIED AS CONVENTIONAL OR ENACTED, WRITTEN, AND RIGID OR INELASTIC. IT WAS DRAFTED BY AN APPOINTIVE BODY CALLED________________.

IT ONLY OUTLINES THE STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE WHOLE STATE

IT IS A COMREHENSIVE STATEMENT OF TH POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT, AND OF THE RELATIONS BETWEENT EH GOVERNING BODY AND THE GOVERNED

IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE EASY AND CLEAR INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF ITS PROVISIONS TO CONCRETE SITUATIONS

IT DEALS WITH THE FRAMEWORK OF THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS POWERS AND DEFINED THE ELECTORATE AS WELL

IT SETS FORTH THE FUNDAENTAL RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE AND IMPOSES CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT

IT POINTS OUT THE MODE OR PROCEDURE FOR THE AMENDMENT OR REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION

PHILIPPINES' FIRST CONSTITUTION

1897 CONSTITUTION IS ALSO CALLED AS?

WHO WROTE THE 1897 CONSTITUTION?

WHO SIGNED THE PACT OF BIAK-NA-BATO?

THE 1897 CONSTITUTION OR BIAK-NA-BATO IS ALMOST THE SAME AS WHAT CONSTITUTION?

CREATED IN ACCORDANCED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC, 1899

WHO WROTE MALOLOS CONVENTION?

WHERE WAS THE RATIFICATION AND PROCLAMATION OF THE MALOLOS CONVENTION WAS HELD?

CREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH REPUBLIC

WHO WROTE 1935 CONSTITUTION

WHAT CAUSED THE DRAFTING OF THE 1935 CONSTITUTION?

WHO APPROVED THE 1935 CONSTITUTION?

CREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SECOND PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC OR PUPPET REPUBLIC

WHO DRAFTED THE 1943 CONSTITUTION

PROMULGATED AFTER MARCOS' DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW, WAS SUPPOSED TO INTRODUCE A PARLIAMENTARY-STYLE GOVERNMENT

PRESIDENT CORAZON AQUINO ISSUED PROCLAMATION NO.3 AS A PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION WHICH ADOPTED CERTAIN PROVISIONS FROM THE 1973 CONSTITUTION AND GRANTED THE PRESIDENT BROAD POWERS TO RECOGNISE THE GOVERNMENT AND REMOVE OFFICIALS FROM THE OFFICE WHICH BIRTHED TO THIS CONSTITUTION.

CONSISTS OF A PREAMBLE AND 18 ARTICLES

DERIVED FROM THE LATIN WORD "PREAMBULARE"

WHAT DOES PREAMBULARE MEANS?

WHEN DID PRESIDENT AQUINO ISSUED PROCLAMATION NO. 9?

WHAT DI PRESIDENT AQUINO ISSUED ON APRIL 1986?

WHERE DID PRESIDENT AQUINO ADDRESSED THE OPENING SESSION ON JUNE 2, 1986?

WHEN WAS THE NEW CONSTITUTION RATIFIED AND MADE EFFECTIVE?

IS GIVEN FISCAL AUTONOMY AND ITS AUTHORITY INCREASED COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS CONSTITUTION

DEFINED AS THE PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION

STATES THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CREATION OF THE CONSTITUTION

COMPROMISES THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO, WITH ALL THE ISLANDS AND WATERS EMBRACED THEREIN

LAYS OUT THE BASIC SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CREED OF THE PHILIPPINES

IN THIS ARTICLE, SECTION 1-6 ARE THE PRINCIPLES AND 7-8 ARE THE STATE POLICIES

ENUMERATES SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS AGAINST THE ABUSE OF STATE POWER

COMPOSE OF 22 SECTIONS

ALSO KNOWN AS CHARTER OF LIBERTIES

ENUMERATES TWO KINDS OF CITIZENS: NATURAL-BORN AND NATURALIZED CITIZENS

CITIZENS FROM BIRTH WITHOUT HAVING TO PERFORM ANY ACT TO ACQUQIRE OR PERFECT PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP

WHERE CITIZENSHIP IS MAINLY ACQUIRED THROUGH A BLOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH FILIPINO CITIZENSHIP

MANDATES VARIOUS AGE AND RESIDENCE QUALIFICATIONS TO VOTE AND A SYSTEM OF SECRET BALLOTS

ALSO MANDATES A PROCEDURE FOR OVERSEAS AND DISABLED AND ILLITERATE FILIPINOS TO VOTE

PROVIDES FOR A BICAERAL LEGISLATURE CALLED THE CONGRESS COMPOSED OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES

PROVIDES FOR A PRESIDENTIAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT WHEREIN THE EXECUTIVE POWER IS VESTED ON THE PRESIDENT

VESTS THE JUDICIAL POWER UPON THE SUPREME COURT AND OTHER LOWER COURTS AS MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY LAW

ESTABLISHES THREE CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS: THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, AND THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT

PURSUES FOR LOCAL AUTONOMY AND MANDATES CONGRESS TO ENACT A LAW FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

PUBLIC OFFICE, A PUBLIC TRUST

WHAT ARE THE THREE CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSIONS ESTABLISHED ON ARTICLE IX?

THE 18 ARTICLES OF THE PHILIPPINES

WHAT DOES THE ARTICLE III - BILL OF RIGHTS ALSO KNOW AS?

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