MODULE ONE: THE ELEMENTS OF THE MODERN NATIONSTATE

I. THE CONTEXT OF PHILIPPINE POLITICAL RELATIONS: ALL POLITICS IS

LOCAL?
International Crisis Group, 2013. The Philippines: Local Politics in the Sulu
Archipelago and the Peace Process
II. THE NATIONAL TERRITORY
A. What constitutes the national territory?
The 1987 Constitution, Article I
B. Does China have a basis for the nine-dash line?
Antonio T. Carpio, Historical Facts, Historical Lies, and Historical Rights in the
West Philippine Sea, 88 PHIL. L.J. 389
C. Situating the South China Sea dispute in geo-politics
Jay L. Batongbacal, 2012. Maritime Philippines in the Asian Century: Global
Environmental Change, Regional Economic Integration, Geo-political
Realities, and Contested Legal Spaces
D. Basis of recognizing ancestral domain territory of indigenous peoples
Separate Opinion of J. Puno in Cruz vs DENR Secretary, G.R. No. 135385.
December 6, 2000
III. Government
A. Comparative Institutional Design
Rene Raymond R. Raneses, Jr. Political Theory in Political Engineering
B. The 1987 Constitution, Articles IV, VI and VII
When does one need to be a Filipino citizen and when does one have to meet
the required residency years to qualify for an elective position?
Poe vs COMELEC, GR. No. 221697
Can the President declare a state of emergency and call out the military?
Does a declaration of state of emergency allow the president to order
warrantless arrests and seize private property?
David vs Arroyo, G.R. No. 171396

What is the process for declaring Martial Law?

Section 18, Article VII, 1987 Constitution
Can the President reorganize the Executive branch without Congress
explicitly authorizing him or her to do so?
Biraogo vs Philippine Truth Commission of 2010, G.R. No. 192935
Does the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement signed between PH and
US need Senate ratification?
Saguisag vs Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 212426
Who can invoke executive privilege? What does executive privilege cover?
Senate vs Ermita
Neri vs Senate
Can the President authorize the transfer of savings from the Executive
branch to the Legislative branch?
Araullo vs Aquino
Can members of Congress be held liable for their speeches in Congress?
Pobre vs Defensor-Santiago
Do members of Congress have authority to interfere in the implementation of
the budget after it has been passed?
Belgica vs Executive Secretary
When is the one-year ban on impeachment reckoned?
Gutierrez vs House of Representatives
Can the President promise the changing of the Constitution during peace
negotiations?
Province of North Cotabato vs GRP Peace Panel on Ancestral Domain
IV. PEOPLE
Rommel Banlaoi. Current and Emerging Threat Groups in the Southern
Philippines
V. SOVEREIGNTY

Thomas Blom Hansen and Finn Stepputat. 2005. Introduction to Sovereign

Bodies: Citizens, Migrants, and States in the Postcolonial World. New Jersey:
Princeton University Press

MODULE II: DEMOCRACY AND OTHER REGIMES

(SEPTEMBER 12 OCTOBER 14)
I. HUMAN RIGHTS AS A BASIS OF DEMOCRACY
A. Due Process of Law
a. Procedural Due Process:
a.1. administrative proceedings: Ang Tibay vs CIR
a.2. academic disciplinary proceedings: Non vs Dames
b. Substantive Due Process:
b.1. economic legislation: White Light Corporation vs City of
Manila
c. Standards of Protection:
c.1. void for vagueness: Estrada vs Sandiganbayan
c.2. facial challenge: Disini vs Secretary of Justice
c.3. overbreadth: People vs Fajardo
B. Equal Protection under the Law
a. Racial classification:
a.1. Plessy vs Ferguson
a.2. Regents of the University of California vs Bakke
b. Gender classification
b.1. Board of Directors, Rotary International vs Rotary Club of
Duarte
b.2. Boy Scouts of America and Monmouth Council vs Dale
C. Freedom from Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
a. Exclusionary rule: Diokno vs Stonehill
b. People not places: US vs Katz
c. Reasonable expectation of privacy: Kyllo vs US
d. Need for warrant: People vs Aruta
e. Buy-bust operation: People vs Rodrigueza
f. RA9165: Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
g. Stop and Frisk: Terry vs Ohio
h. Plain view: People vs Valdez
D. Freedom from Unreasonable Arrests
a. Warrantless arrest: Umil vs Ramos
b. Custodial investigation: Miranda vs Arizona
E. Privacy of Communications
a. Even between husband and wife: Zulueta vs CA
F. Freedom of Expression: Soriano vs Laguardia

G. Freedom of Assembly: Philippine Blooming Mills Employees Organization

vs Philippine Blooming Mills Co., Inc.
H. Freedom of Religion: Estrada vs Escritor
II.

DEMOCRACY AS POPULAR INITIATIVE AND AS DECENTRALIZATION

Defensor-Santiago vs COMELEC, G.R. No. 127325. March 19, 1997
The Local Government Code of 1991

III.

DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD TODAY

Alfred Stepan and Juan Linz. Democratization theory and the Arab Spring in
Journal of Democracy

IV.

PHILIPPINE DEMOCRACY
Why are oligarchs so powerful?
Benedict Anderson. Cacique Democracy
Does electoral reform actually empower voters?
Frederic Schaffer. Clean Elections and the Great Unwashed

MODULE III: GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

Stephen Gill. Hegemony and Market Neoliberalism

MODULE IV: POLITICS AND CULTURE

Rolando Tolentino. Macho Dancing and the Feminization of Male Labor in the
Philippines