The Political Supreme Court / Pacifico A. Agabin.
Material type: TextPublication details: Diliman, Quezon City : University of the Philippines Press, c2012.Description: x, 266 pages ; 23 cm illustrationsContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9789715426954
- Political Supreme Court
- KPM3466 Ag1 2012
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Filipiniana Section | Non-fiction | F RUS KPM3466 Ag1 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Room use only | 76870 | 00076855 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Defining politics: economic interest groups and power politics in the Philippines -- A Political court -- The Positive concept of liberty under the constitution -- Chief Justice Puno and the positive concept of liberty -- Judicial review of economic policy under the 1987 Constitution -- The Judicial philosophy of the Puno Court -- The Davide Watch, 1998-2005: the perils of activism -- Globalization and the judicial function in the Philippines -- The Political Supreme Court meets the people's court: political trial by ordeal.
"The theme of this book is that there is no separation of law and politics. It looks at Supreme Court decisions from the lens of a political behaviorist without the blinders on the eyes of the law practitioner. The focus is on Supreme Court leading cases on constitutional law, because it is when the high court decides constitutional cases that it becomes a political body, for good or for ill. This holds true especially under the present constitution, which has virtually erased the fine line initially drawn under the late and unlamented separation of powers principle, such that when two political bodies meet - e.g., the Supreme Court and Congress - it results in a clash of titans, which reached its peak in the recent impeachment of a chief justice drama that has now become part of our legal history."--Back cover.
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