Concepts

Question 1

Define POLITICAL LAW

Answer 1

POLITICAL LAW is the branch of public law which deals with the organization and operation of the government organs of the State and defines the relations of the State with the inhabitants of its territory.

Question 2

Scope of POLITICAL LAW

Answer 2

1. Constitutional Law - the study of maintenance of the proper balance between authority as represented by the three (3) inherent powers of the state (police power, eminent domain, taxation) and liberty as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
2. Administrative Law - branch of public law which fixes the organization of goverment, determines the competence of the administrative authorities who execute the law, and indicates to the individual remedies for the violation of his rights.
3. Law in Municipal Corporations
4. Law of Public Officers
5. Election laws

Question 3

Define** CONSTITUTION**

Answer 3

CONSTITUTION is body of rules and maxims in accordance with which the powers of sovereignty are habitually exercised.

Question 4

Define** CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES**

Answer 4

CONSTITUTION of the Philippines is a written instrument enacted by direct action of the people by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited and defined, and by which those powers are distributed among the several departments for their safe and useful exercise for the benefit of body politic.

Question 5

Define** STATE*

Answer 5

STATE a community pf persons, more or less numerous, permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, independent of external control, and possessing a government to which a great body of inhabitants render habitual obedience.