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) Definition of Law
The principles and regulations established in a community by someauthority and applicable to its p
eople, whether in the form of legislationor of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judici
al decision.
Written or positive rule or collection of rules prescribed under theauthority of the state or nation, as
by the people in its constitution.
Compare bylaw, statute law.
a binding custom or practice of a community : a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally
recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority the whole body of such customs,
practices, or rules.
Rule of conduct established by authority or custom.
Eventually considered inadequate against the changing needs of Filipinos, the 1935 Constitution was
replaced with a new one ratified in 1973. The 1973 Constitution was approved for ratification two
months after the imposition of the martial law on November 29, 1972.
When Ferdinand E. Marcos was ousted in 1986, the new government led by Corazon C. Aquino
promulgated what is now known as the Freedom Constitution. This 1987 Constitution restored the
presidential form of government.
To date, the 1987 Constitution still stands, although some sectors have started to lobby for change in
certain provisions as well as the change of the whole constitution.
Republic Act (RA) 544 - An act to regulate the practice of Civil Engineering in the Philippines
Presidential Decree (PD) 1594 Prescribes policies, guidelines, rules and regulations for government
infrastructure contracts.
4.) Other laws governing the practice of Civil Engineering in the Philippines
Justice
- the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting
claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments.
-the administration of law; especially: the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of
law or equity.
-the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action; conformity to truth, fact, or reason
Equity
-justice according to natural law or right; specifically: freedom from bias or favoritism
-a system of law originating in the English chancery and comprising a settled and formal body of legal and
procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statute law and are designed
to protect rights and enforce duties fixed by substantive law
-trial or remedial justice under or by the rules and doctrines of equity
-a body of legal doctrines and rules developed to enlarge, supplement, or override a narrow rigid system of
law
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