PoSc 6: Political and Governance with New

Philippine Constitution
• Political Science - is the systematic study of the State and
Government
• Political - Greek word ‘polis’ meaning City/State
• Science - Latin word ‘scire’ “to know”
 Define State:
• State - is a community of persons more or less numerous,
permanently occupying a definite portion of territory,
having a government of their own to which the great body
of inhabitants render obedience, and enjoying freedom
from external control.
 4 Elements of State:
1. People
2. Territory
3. Government
4. Sovereignty
 State distinguished from Nation
• State • Nation
1. It is a Political Concept; 1. It is an Ethnic Concept;
2. A State is not subject to 2. A State may or may not
external control; and be subject to external
3. A single State may consist control; and
of one or more Nations 3. A single Nation may be
made up of several States
 Concept of Constitution
• Constitution - refers to that body of rules and principles in
accordance with which the powers of sovereignty are
regularly exercised.
• Kinds of Constitution:
I. As to their orign and history:
a.) Conventional or enacted
b.) Cumulative or evolved
II. As to their form:
a.) Written
b.) Unwritten

III. As to manner of amending them:

a.) Rigid or inelastic
b.) Flexible or elastic
 Requisite of a good written Constitution
A.) Brief
B.) Broad
C.) Definite

 The present Constitution that we have today is the 1987

Constitution.
 The 1987 Constitution was ratified on Feb. 2, 1987 thru
plebiscite