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The legal effect of the lapse, before the ratification of this Constitution, of the applicable period for the decision or resolution of the cases or matters submitted for adjudication by the courts, shall be determined by the Supreme Court as soon as practicable.
When the 1987 Constitution came into force, the Philippine Supreme Court seemed well placed to grapple with the challenges of a transformative constitution. Marcos-era judges had been replaced by new appointees who were outsiders to the existing judiciary.
- Surabhi Chopra
- 2021
Jan 16, 2019 · to constitutional democracy through the 1987 Constitution, the Philippine judiciary, with the Supreme Court as the highest judicial organ, has re-established its status as a coequal state institution alongside the executive and legislature. However, the Philippine Supreme Court has not been immune from the vicissitudes of
Jul 1, 2021 · The 1987 Constitution expands upon the Supreme Court ’ s longstanding judicial review powers, empowering the court to determine whether ‘ any branch of instrumentality of the government ...
- Surabhi Chopra
Constitution of the Philippines (1987) at Wikisource. 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.
It then analyses how the Philippine Supreme Court responded to the constitutional call for far-reaching socio-economic reform in the first fifteen years after the 1987 Constitution came into force.
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It then analyses how the Supreme Court of the Philippines responded to the constitutional call for egalitarian socio-economic reform in the first fifteen years after the People Power revolution. The article highlights how the 1987 Constitution envisions far-reaching, progressive socio-economic change, and incorporates both social and economic ...
