POWER

POWER
• Is might: It is
manifested in the
ability to do
something that is
desired
 How Power is Exercised

• You exercise power

when you can get
people to do things
which they may not do
of their own accord.
Power as Decision Making

• the exercise of
power often
involves decision
making.
•In any
organization, the
leaders are
empowered to
make decisions.
Power as Agenda Setting

• Power may also be exercised

through what Bachrach and
baratz describe as the
capacity to prevent the
making decisions or non-
decision making
Power as Thought Control

• Power may also be

seen through the
capacity to shape a
person’s thoughts,
wants, or needs.
 Types of Power

•Police Power
•Power of eminent
domain
•Power of taxation
 Police Power
• Is defined as the power
inherent in the state to
regulate liberty and
property for the
promotion of the
general welfare
 Scope and Characteristics of
Police Power

• Police power is the

most pervasive, the
least limitable and the
most demanding of
the three powers.
•Such a power
cannot be
bargained away by
a treaty or a
contract.
•To implement
it, the power of
taxation may
be used.
•Even the power of
eminent domain
may be employed
to implement
police power.
Power of Eminent Domain
• Is the inherent right of
the state to condemn
private property to
public use upon
payment of just
compensation
• The power is
exercised through a
petition for
expropriation filed in
the Regional Trial
Court.
• Where the
expropriating entity is
required to pay an
initial deposit to take
immediate possession
of the property
The Measure for the Exercise of
Eminent Domain

1.Adequacy of
Compensation
2.The necessity of the taking
3.The public use character of
the purpose of the taking
 The Measure of Just
Compensation

• In appropriation
proceedings, just
compensation is defined as
the full and fair equivalent of
the property taken from its
owner by the expropriator
 Constitutional Basis for the
Exercise of Eminent Domain

• Section 1, Article III of the 1987

Constitution states that “No
person shall be deprived of life,
liberty, or property without due
process of law, nor shall any
person be denied the equal
protection of the laws
Section 9, Article III of the 1987
Constitution

• Provides that “ Private

Property shall not be
taken for public use
without just
compensation.
Section 3, Article XII of the 1987
Charter

• For agricultural lands already

owned by private iindividuals,
the Constitution specifically
authorizes the exercise of the
power of eminent domain over
them in Section 4 of Article XIII
Power of Taxation

• is the power of
the state to
assess and
collect taxes.
•These taxes are
necessary to
run the
government.
•Indeed, taxes
are the
lifeblood of the
nation
•Without them,
the operations of
the government
would grind to a
halt.
 Purpose of Tax
•Taxes are imposed
and collected to
enable the
government to pay
its debts,
•Provide for the
defense of the
state, and
promote general
welfare.
The state imposes taxes for the following
reasons:

1. To raise
revenue
2. To
regulate
3. To
protect