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    Posc 6: Political and Governance With New Philippine Constitution

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    Posc 6: Political and Governance With New Philippine Constitution

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    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

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