Legal Research and Thesis Writing 1C JD5

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The Ukay-ukays Legality

and Its Mysterious
Presence in the
Philippines
As the State continues to
intensify its laws to
safeguard the health and
the dignity of its people,
this thesis proposes
improvements in the
current importation
process to fully
implement the
prohibition of
commercial importation
of used clothing and
rags.
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AL
PRO
VISI
ON

The
State
shall
prote
ct
and
prom
ote
the
right
to
healt
h of
the
peopl
e
and
instill
healt
h
cons
cious
ness
amo
ng
them
.

scri
ptio
n

CON
ST.
art.
II,
sec.
15

As
alrea
dy
seen
unde
r
Secti
on
15,
Articl
e II,
the
Cons
titutio
n
reco
gnize
sa
right
to
healt
h.
The
Philip
pines
is a
party
to
the
Univ
ersal
Decl

nt
Mat
eria
ls/R
ema
rks

ere
nce

JOA
QUIN
BER
NAS,
THE
1987
CON
STIT
UTIO
N OF
THE
PHIL
IPPI
NES:
A
COM
MEN
TAR
Y
1270
(200
9)

This
provi
sion
reco
gnize
s the
right
to
healt
h of
the
peopl
e
and
the
duty
of
the
State
to
prote
ct
such
right.

It is a
wellrecog
nized
princi
ple
that
the
right
of to
healt
h is a
funda
ment
al
huma
n
right.

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arati
on of
Hum
an
Right
s and
the
Alma
Conf
eren
ce
Decl
arati
on of
1978
whic
h
reco
gnize
healt
h as
a
fund
ame
ntal
hum
an
right.
The
State
shall
adop
t an
integ
rated
and
comp
rehe
nsive
appr
oach
to
healt
h

CON
ST.
art.
XIII,
sec.
11

Com
preh
ensiv
enes
s
inclu
des
healt
h
prom
otion,
disea
se
prev
entio

JOA

This
QUIN provi
BER sion
NAS, reco
THE gnize
1987 s the
CON duty
STIT of
UTIO the
N OF State
THE to
PHIL adop
ta
IPPI
comp
NES:
rehe
A

The
prohi
bition
of
com
merci
al
impor
tation
of
used
clothi
ng
and
rags

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devel
opm
ent
whic
h
shall
ende
avor
to
make
esse
ntial
good
s,
healt
h
and
other
socia
l
servi
ces
avail
able
to all
the
peopl
e at
affor
dable
cost
xxx

n,
educ
ation
and
plann
ing.
Thes
e are
prem
ised
on
the
unde
rstan
ding
that
the
high
level
of
healt
h of
a
peopl
e
and
of a
count
ry
can
be
achie
ved
throu
gh a
comb
inatio
n of
socia
l,
econ
omic,
politi
cal
and

COM nsive
MEN
TAR
Y
1270
(200
9)

appr
oach
to
healt
h
whic
h
inclu
des
healt
h
prom
otion
and
disea
se
prev
entio
n.

is
premi
sed
on
the
duty
of the
State
to a
comp
rehe
nsive
appr
oach
to
prom
ote
healt
h and
preve
nt
disea
ses.

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cultur
al
condi
tions.

The
goals
of
the
natio
nal
econ
omy
are a
more
equit
able
distri
butio
n of
oppo
rtuniti
es,
inco
me,
and
wealt
h xxx

CON
ST.
art.
XII,
sec.
1

The
natio
nal
econ
omy
refer
s to
the
entir
e
struct
ure
of
the
econ
omic
life in
a
count
ry. It
enco
mpas
ses
all
the
activi
ties
relati
ng to
or
conc
erne
d
with
the
prod

2
HEC
TOR
S.
DE
LEO
N&
HEC
TOR
M.
DE
LEO
N,
JR.,
PHIL
IPPI
NE
CON
STIT
UTIO
NAL
LAW

This
provi
sion
reco
gnize
s the
equit
able
distri
butio
n of
oppo
rtuniti
es.
Busi
ness
es
must
comp
ly
with
the
law
befor
e
they
can
oper
ate.
Illega
l
busin
esse
s
must
be

Prohi
bited
impor
tation
cann
ot be
used
to be
a
sourc
e of
lawfu
l
inco
me
since
it has
been
deriv
ed
from
unla
wful
mean
s.

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uctio
n,
distri
butio
n,
cons
umpti
on of
good
s and
servi
ces,
and
what
are
calle
d
fact
ors
of
prod
uctio
n,
i.e.,
labor
(hum
an
reso
urces
),
land
(and
other
natur
al
reso
urces
),
and
capit
al
whic
h are
utiliz
ed to

held
in
abey
ance
so
that it
must
be
unfai
r to
other
lawfu
l
busin
ess.

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carry
out
these
activi
ties.