Set No.

1
A. Whether or not constitutional provisions are self-executing:
1. Manila Prince Hotel vs GSIS. G.R. No. 122156, Feb. 3, 1997
ISSUES:

1. Whether or not the provision of Filipino First Policy enshrined in the 1987 Constitution is self-
executing.
2. Whether or not the 51% shares of MHC form part of the national territory and patrimony
covered by the protective mantle of the Constitution.
3. Whether or not the Filipino First Policy constitutional provision is mandatory to GSIS

2. Oposa vs. Factoran. 224 SCRA 792

Key words
right to a balanced and healthful ecology,

I. Whether or not the plaintiffs have a cause of action against the defendant
II. Whether or not the issue raised is a political question

3. Kilosbayan vs Morato. G.R. No. 118910. November 16, 1995

Key words

Equipment lease agreement

ISSUES:

I. Whether or not the petitioners have a legal standing to sue.

II. Whether or not the new ELA between PCSO and PGMC is valid

B. Justiciable Controversy vs Political Question Doctrine

1. Santiago vs Guingona. 134577. November 18, 1998
Key worlds
Senate minority seat
I. Whether or not the Court has jurisdiction to settle the issue of who is the lawful Senate minority leader.
II. Whether or not recognizing respondent Guingona as the minority leader is in violation of the
Constitution or the laws.

2. Javellana, vs Executive Secretary, G.R. 36142. March 31, 1973

Key word
Ratification cases

ISSUES:

I. Whether the new Constitution proposed by the 1971 Constitutional Convention has been ratified in
accordance with the provisions of Article XV of the 1935 Constitution is a political question or not.

C. Expanded Judicial Power, Doctrine of Supremacy of the Constitution, basic rules in

interpreting the provisions of the Constitution
6. Bondoc vs. Pineda. 201 SCRA 792
Key word
4th congressional seat, congressman camasura
ISSUES:

Whether or not it is within the powers of the Supreme Court to inquire the validity of the said act
of the HRET without violating the doctrine of separation of powers.

7. Francisco, et al vs House Speaker, et al. G.R. No. 160261, November 10, 2003
Key word
Impeachment
ISSUES:

I. Whether or not Sections 15 and 16 of Rule V of the House Impeachment Rules adopted by the 12th
Congress are unconstitutional.
II. Whether or not the second impeachment complaint is barred under Art. XI, Sec. 3(5) of the
Constitution.

8. Infotech Foundation, et al vs. COMELEC G.R. No. 159139, January 13, 2004

Read:
Section 1, Article VIII, 1987 Constitution
Section 1. The judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in
such lower courts as may be established by law.
Judicial power includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual
controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable,
and to determine whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion
amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any branch or
instrumentality of the Government. cralaw

Section 1, Article X, 1973 Constitution

Section 1. The Judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in such
inferior courts as may be established by law. The Batasang Pambansa shall have
the power to define, prescribe and apportion the jurisdiction of the various courts,
but may not deprive the Supreme Court of its jurisdiction over cases enumerated in
Section five thereof.
Section 1, Article VIII, 1935 Constitution
Section 1. The judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in such
inferior courts as may be established by law.

Set No. 2
A. Elements of a State; Kinds of Government (De facto vs De jure); Ministrant vs
Constituent Functions
1. Co Kim Cham vs Valdez Tan Keh, 75 Phil 113, 122 (1945)
2. Bacani vs NACOCO, 100 Phil 471
B. Presidential vs Parliamentary; Revolutionary Government; Doctrine of Parens
Patriae
3. Lawyers' League for Better Phils vs Aquino, G.R. No. 73748, 73972, May 22,
1986
4. GP vs Monte de Piedad, G.R. No. 9959, December 13, 1916
5. Soriano vs Laguardia, G.R. No. 164785, April 29, 2009
C. National Territory and the Archipelagic Doctrine
RA No. 9522 (New Baselines Law), Article 1, 1987 Constitution
6. Magallona, et al vs Ermita et al. G.R. No. 187167, August 16, 2011
D. Sovereignty and the Doctrine of Auto-limitation
7. Tanada vs Angara, G.R. No. 118295, May 2, 1995
8. The Province of Cotabato vs GRP Peace Panel, G.R. No. 183591, Oct. 14, 2008
E. Effect of belligerent occupation
9. Peralta vs Director of Prisons, 75 Phils 285
Read Chapter III, Cruz