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STATCON - Departmental Syllabus 2021-2022
STATCON - Departmental Syllabus 2021-2022
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Course Introduction
Course overview Syllabus 16 Aug. to 21 Lecture
Course assignments Aug. 2021
Course requirements Discussion
MODULE 1:
LEGISLATIVE POWER
Syllabus Recitation
I. Legislative Power in General, Where
Lodged Textbooks Case Study
II. Bicameralism
23 Aug. to 28
1. Liang v. People, G.R. No. 125865, 28 Aug. 2021
January 2000 Chavez v. Judicial and Bar
Council, G.R. No. 202242, April 16, 2013
2. Tolentino v. Secretary of Finance, 235
SCRA 630
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4. Abakada Guro Party-list v. Purisima, G.R.
No. 166715, August 14, 2008, 562 SCRA
251
5. Datu Michael Abas Kida v. Senate, G.R. No.
19671, October 18, 2011, 659 SCRA 270
MODULE 2:
STATUTES AND THEIR ENACTMENT
I. Title of Bills
II. Formalities
Syllabus
MODULE 3: Recitation
CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTION
Textbooks 13 Sept. to
Case Study
18 Sept. 2021
I. Constitution, Definition and
Supreme Court
Characteristics Discussion
Decisions
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1. Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS, G.R. No.
122156, February 3, 1997, 267 SCRA 408
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MODULE 4:
EFFECTIVITY OF STATUTES
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4. National Marketing Corp. v. Tecson, G.R.
No. 29131, 27 August 1969
5. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v.
Primetown Property Group, Inc., G.R. No.
162155, August 28, 2007
6. PNB v. Court of Appeals, 222 SCRA 134
(1993)
7. Yapdiangco v. Buencamino, G.R. No.
28841, 24 July 1983
MODULE 5:
CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION
I. Definition
V. Judicial Construction
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1. Article VIII, Section 1 and Section 4 of the
1987 Constitution
2. Record of the Constitutional Commission,
434-436 (1986)
3. Endencia v. David, 93 Phil. 696 (1953)
4. Marcos v. Manglapus, G.R. No. 88211, 15
September 1989
C. Effect of Unconstitutionality
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MID-TERM EXAMINATIONS Oct. 2021
MODULE 6:
LITERAL INTERPRETATION AND
DEPARTURE THEREFROM
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PHILIPPINES, G.R. No. 170589, April 16,
2009
2. ARNEL SAGANA v. RICHARD A.
FRANCISCO, G.R. No.161952, October 2,
2009
I. St at ut es must be capabl e of
i nt erpret at i on
1. MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO v.
COMELEC, G.R. No. 127325, March 19,
1997
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1. GOVERNOR RODOLFO C. FARINAS v.
MAYOR ANGELO M. BARBA, G.R. No.
116763, April 19, 1996
MODULE 7:
IMPLICATIONS
I. Necessary Implications
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PHILIPPINES, INC., G.R. No. 171815,
August 7, 2007
1. TAWANG MULTI-PURPOSE
COOPERATIVE v. LA TRINIDAD WATER
DISTRICT, G.R. No. 166471, March 22,
2011
MODULE 8:
INTERPRETAION OF WORDS AND PHRASES
I. In General
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V. Noscitur a sociis
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SEGUROS, G.R. No. L-14880, April 29,
1960
3. ARENAS v. CITY OF SAN CARLOS, G.R.
No. 34024, April 5, 1978
4. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA v. C. A.
IMPERIAL, G.R. No. L-17222, March 15,
1921
5. ROBERTO S. BENEDICTO v. COURT OF
APPEALS, G.R. No. 125359, September
4, 2001
6. BALAGTAS MULTI-PURPOSE
COOPERATIVE, INC. v. COURT OF
APPEALS, G.R. No. 159268, October 27,
2006
MODULE 9:
STATUTES CONSTRUED AS A WHOLE
AND IN RELATION TO OTHER STATUTES
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MODULE 11:
STRICT OR LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION
A. Penal laws
1. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL
REVENUE v. PHILIPPINE LONG
DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, G.R.
No. 140230, December 15, 2005
2. RAOUL B. DEL MAR v. PAGCOR, G.R. No.
138298, November 29, 2000
3. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES v.
KERRY LAO ANG, G.R. No. 175430, June
18, 2012
1. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL
REVENUE v. THE COURT OF APPEALS,
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CENTRAL VEGETABLE
MANUFACTURING CO., INC., G.R. No.
107135, February 23, 1999
2. GEOLOGISTICS, INC. v. GATEWAY
ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, G.R.
Nos. 174256-57, March 25, 2009
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FINAL EXAMINATIONS Dec. 2021
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