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The Philippine Constitution for Ladies, Gentlemen and Others

Joaquin G. Bernas

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Description:A final essential element of statehood, according to the Montevideo Convention,* is the capacity to conduct internationalrelations (italics provided). This means sovereignty — independence from outside control. Section 1, Article II, says:“Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.”Sovereign authority, however, is not always directly exercised by the people. It is normally delegated by the people to thegovernment and to the concrete persons in whose hands the powers of government temporarily reside. The temptationwhich government personnel are prone to is to forget that public office is a public trust, and an essentially temporary trustat that. To consider every attempt to wrest that trust from them, no matter by what means, as criminal acts of subversionis a temptation not easily resisted under any form of authoritarian rule.Sovereignty of the people also includes the concept that government officials have only the authority given to them by lawand defined by law, and such authority continues only with the consent of the people. This is the meaning of the rule oflaw: a government of laws and not of men. This implies that the people have the power to oust an abusive andauthoritarian government through revolution.* “[The essential attributes which make an entity a state] were summed up in the Montevideo Convention of 1933 which said in Article I: ‘The state asa person of international law should possess the following qualifications: a) a permanent population; b) a defined territory; c) government; andd) capacity to enter into relations with other states.’”We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Philippine Constitution for Ladies, Gentlemen and Others. To get started finding The Philippine Constitution for Ladies, Gentlemen and Others, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A final essential element of statehood, according to the Montevideo Convention,* is the capacity to conduct internationalrelations (italics provided). This means sovereignty — independence from outside control. Section 1, Article II, says:“Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.”Sovereign authority, however, is not always directly exercised by the people. It is normally delegated by the people to thegovernment and to the concrete persons in whose hands the powers of government temporarily reside. The temptationwhich government personnel are prone to is to forget that public office is a public trust, and an essentially temporary trustat that. To consider every attempt to wrest that trust from them, no matter by what means, as criminal acts of subversionis a temptation not easily resisted under any form of authoritarian rule.Sovereignty of the people also includes the concept that government officials have only the authority given to them by lawand defined by law, and such authority continues only with the consent of the people. This is the meaning of the rule oflaw: a government of laws and not of men. This implies that the people have the power to oust an abusive andauthoritarian government through revolution.* “[The essential attributes which make an entity a state] were summed up in the Montevideo Convention of 1933 which said in Article I: ‘The state asa person of international law should possess the following qualifications: a) a permanent population; b) a defined territory; c) government; andd) capacity to enter into relations with other states.’”We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Philippine Constitution for Ladies, Gentlemen and Others. To get started finding The Philippine Constitution for Ladies, Gentlemen and Others, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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