1.

A provision of a proposed amendment to the AIDS-HIV law allows young people ages 15-18 to
use reproductive health services without the consent of their parents. Is the provision
constitutional? Discuss. (10 points)

2. Discuss the mechanisms available to amendment of the constitution removing the citizenship
requirement in the practice of professions. Are the mechanisms the same if we were to
transition into a parliamentary system of government? Discuss. (10 points)

3. Discuss the requirements of judicial review in relation to the oral arguments of the Torre de
Manila case (Knights of Rizal vs. DMCI). (10 points)

4. How can international laws become part of the law of the land? In what instances can
international standards on cultural heritage preservation be considered as customary
international laws? (10 points)

5. What are the principles used in constitutional construction. Explain each. Can the Supreme
Court disregard a past constitutional construction and adopt a totally different interpretation?
Explain. (10 points)

6. May the Association of Law Students of the Philippines register as a party under the party list
system? What are the rules in determining the number of seats in the House of Representatives
for party list representatives? Discuss (10 points)

7. Six months after he took his oath as a member of the House of Representatives, being the first
nominee of the party list Ang Bayan Ko, Pedro Penduko died/ What is the process for filing in
the vacancy caused by Pedro’s death? Wil it be different if he was a Congressman from a
district? Discuss

8. Will a constitutent assembly without the participation of the Senators, as proposed by some
members of the HoR, be in accord with the 1987 Constitution? Discuss.

9. What are the requisites for judicial review? May the supreme court review the constitutionality
or validity of a law or an act even if the issue has become moot and academic?

10. The draft agreement on ancestral domain between the government and the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF), which also established a Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE). Was
declared unconstitutional. Following the Court’s decision under what conditions will an
agreement between government and the MILF not violate the 1987 Constittuion?

11. What are the principles for constitutional construction? Discuss each one. May the SC, in anew
decision, abandon its previous construction of a constitutional provision (in an older decision)
and adopt a completely opposite construction?