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Owing to the unique history of the Philippines, its legal system is an equally unique blend of civil law ( Spanish law ), common law ( American law ), and, especially in Mindanao, Shariah law. Below is a list of Philippine legal terms : A case brought under administrative law in the form of a quasi-judicial proceeding by an agency of a non ...
The new law (Republic Act 7659), drafted by Ramos, was passed in 1993, restoring capital punishment on December 31, 1993. [36] This law provided the use of the electric chair until the gas chamber (chosen by the government to replace electrocution) could be used. In 1996, Republic Act 8177 was passed, prescribing the use of lethal injection as ...
The Constitution of the Philippines ( Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas or Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas) is the supreme law of the Philippines. Its final draft was completed by the Constitutional Commission on October 12, 1986, and ratified by a nationwide plebiscite on February 2, 1987. The Constitution remains unamended to this day.
Maka-Diyos, Maka-tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa ( Filipino for "For God, People, Nature, and Country" [1] or "For the Love of God, People, Nature, and Country" [2]) is the national motto of the Philippines. Derived from the last four lines of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine Flag, it was adopted on February 12, 1998, with the passage ...
18 Jun 1949. The Civil Code governs private law in the Philippines, including obligations and contracts, succession, torts and damages, property. It was enacted in 1950. Book I of the Civil Code, which governed marriage and family law, was supplanted by the Family Code in 1987. [2] Republic Act No. 6657.
Signed. October 29, 1997. Keywords. indigenous rights. Status: In force. The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 ( IPRA ), officially designated as Republic Act No. 8371, is a Philippine law that recognizes and promotes the rights of indigenous cultural communities and Indigenous peoples in the Philippines .
Commenced. September 23, 1972. Keywords. politics, martial law. Status: Repealed. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Proclamation No. 1081. Proclamation No. 1081 was the document which contained formal proclamation of martial law in the Philippines by President Ferdinand Marcos, as announced to the public on September 23, 1972.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that the People's Initiative method of amending the constitution is "fatally defective", or inoperable. Another ruling in 2006 on another attempt at a People's Initiative was ruled unconstitutional by the court This only leaves the Constituent Assembly and the Constitutional Convention as the valid ways to amend the constitution.