Part 2 Syllabus
Part 2 Syllabus
Part 2 Syllabus
V. CITIZENSHIP
A. Who are Filipinos
B. Modes of Acquiring Citizenship
G.R. No. 209835. September 22, 2015 Caballero vs. COMELEC (in relation to
Domicile)
G.R. No. 211273. April 18, 2018 SON VS UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS
A. Regalian Doctrine
B. Public Trust Doctrine
1. R.A. No. 11659 or the New Public Services Act
G.R. No. 202897. August 06, 2019 MAYNILAD WATER SERVICES, INC. VS. THE
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL
RESOURCES
G.R. No. 184635 and G.R. No. 185366. June 13, 2023
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
A. General Principles
B. Administrative Agencies
C. Powers of Administrative Agencies
1. Quasi-Legislative or Rule-Making
a. Kinds of Administrative Rules and Regulations
b. Requisites for Validity
2. Quasi-Judicial or Adjudicatory Power
a. Administrative Due Process
b. Administrative Appeal and Review
c. Administrative Res Judicata
3. Fact-finding, Investigative, Licensing, and Rate-Fixing Powers
D. Judicial Recourse and Review
1. Doctrine of Primary Administrative Jurisdiction
2. Doctrine of Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
3. Doctrine of Finality of Administrative Action
ELECTION LAW
G.R. No. 246679. September 10, 2019 TALLADO VS COMMISSION ON
ELECTIONS
A. Suffrage
1. Qualifications and Disqualification of Voters
2. Registration and Deactivation of Voters
3. Inclusion and Exclusion Proceedings
4. Local and Overseas Absentee Voting
5. Detainee Voting
B. Candidacy
1. Qualifications and Disqualifications of Candidates
2. Filing of Certificates of Candidacy
a. Effect of Filing
b. Substitution and Withdrawal of Candidates
c. Nuisance Candidates d. Duties of the Commission on
Elections (COMELEC)
3. Ministerial Duty of COMELEC to Receive Certificates of Candidacy
4. Effect of Filing of Certificate of Candidacy
5. Eligibility and Material Misrepresentation
6. Withdrawal of Certificates of Candidacy
7. Effects of Denial and Cancellation of Certificate of Candidacy due to
Material Misrepresentation
8. Substitution of Candidates
9. Nuisance Candidates and Effects of Declaration of Nuisance Candidacy
10. Disqualification of Candidates; Effects
C. Campaign
1. Premature Campaigning
2. Prohibited Contributions
3. Lawful and Prohibited Election Propaganda
4. Limitations on Expenses
5. Statement of Contributions and Expenses
D. Remedies and Jurisdiction
1. Petition to Deny Due Course or Cancel a Certificate of Candidacy
2. Petition for Disqualification
3. Failure of Election; Call for Special Election
4. Pre-Proclamation Controversy
5. Election Protest 6. Quo Warranto
7. Recall E. Prosecution of Election Offenses [Exclude: Penal Provisions]
LAW ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
A. Public Corporations
1. Concept; Distinguished from Government-Owned or Controlled
Corporations
2. Corporate Powers of LGUs
3. Classifications
a. Quasi-Corporations
b. Municipal Corporations
i. Elements
ii. Nature and Functions
iii. Requisites for Creation, Conversion, Division, Merger or
Dissolution
B. Principles of Local Autonomy
C. Autonomous Regions and their Relation to the National Government
D. LGUs
1. Powers
a. Police Power
b. Eminent Domain
c. Taxing Power
d. Closure and Opening of Roads
e. Local Legislation
f. Corporate Powers
g. Ultra Vires Acts
2. Liability of LGUs
3. Settlement of Boundary Disputes
4. Vacancies and Succession of Local Officials
5. Recall
6. Term Limits
E. Local Elective and Appointive Officials
THE BILL OF RIGHTS
A. Private Acts and the Bill of Rights
B. Due Process
1. Procedural and Substantive
2. Void-for-Vagueness
3. Judicial and Administrative Due Process
C. Equal Protection
1. Requisites for Valid Classification
2. Standards of Judicial Review
a. Rational Basis Test
b. Strict Scrutiny test
c. Intermediate Scrutiny Test
D. Arrests, Searches, and Seizures
1. Requisites of a Valid Warrant
2. Warrantless Arrests and Searches
3. Exclusionary Rule
E. Privacy of Communications and Correspondence
1. R.A. No. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act
2. Exclusionary Rule
F. Freedom of Speech and Expression
1. Prior Restraint and Subsequent Punishment
2. Content-Based and Content-Neutral Regulations
3. Facial Challenges and Overbreadth Doctrine
4. Tests to Determine the Validity of Governmental Regulation
5. State Regulation of Different Types of Mass Media
6. Commercial Speech
7. Unprotected Speech; Libel and Hate Speech
8. Obscenity and Pornography
9. Privileged Communication
G. Freedom of Religion
1. Non-Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses
2. Separation of Church and State
3. Benevolent Neutrality and Conscientious Objector
4. Tests to Determine the Validity of Governmental Regulation
a. Clear and Present Danger
b. Compelling State Interest
H. Liberty of Abode and Right to Travel
1. Scope and Limitations
2. Watch-List and Hold Departure Orders
I. Right to Information
1. Executive Order No. 2, s. 2016 or Freedom of Information
2. R.A. No. 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business Act
J. Eminent Domain
1. Concept
2. Public Use
3. Just Compensation
4. Expropriation by LGUs
K. Right to Association
L. Non-Impairment of Contracts
M. Free Access to Courts and Adequate Legal Assistance
N. Custodial Investigation
1. Requisites of a Valid Waiver and the Exclusionary Rule
2. The Rights of Persons Arrested, Detained or Under Custodial
Investigation under R.A. No. 7438 O. Rights of the Accused
1. Criminal Due Process
2. Bail
3. Presumption of Innocence
4. Right to Counsel
5. Trial in Absentia
P. Right to Speedy Trial and Speedy Disposition of Cases
Q. Right Against Self-incrimination
1. Scope and Limitations
2. Immunity Statutes
R. Right Against Double Jeopardy
S. Right Against Involuntary Servitude
T. Right Against Excessive Fines, and Cruel and Inhuman Punishments
U. Non-imprisonment for Debts
V. Ex Post Facto Laws and Bills of Attainder
W. Writs of Habeas Corpus, Kalikasan, Habeas Data, and Amparo