PPLGV

The systematic study of the state and government

The entire body of doctrines relating to the origin, form, behavior, and purposes of the state

σ� The organization of governments

Attention is focused upon the methods and techniques used in the actual management of state affairs by executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government

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

Refers to the mass of population living within the state

Includes not only the land over which the jurisdiction of the state extends, but also the rivers and lakes therein, a certain area of the sea which abuts upon its coasts and the air space above it

Refers to the agency through which the will of the state is formulated, expressed, and carried out

The supreme power of the state to command and enforce obedience to its will from the people within its jurisdiction and corollary, to have freedom from foreign control

The state is of divine creation and the ruler is ordained by God to govern the people

Maintains that states must have been created through force, by some great warriors who imposed their will upon the weak

Attributes the origin of states to the enlargement of the family which remained under the authority of the father or mother

Asserts that the early states must have been formed by deliberate and voluntary compact among the people to form a society and organize government for their common good

The supreme and final authority is in the hands of a single person without the regard to the source of his election or the nature or duration of his tenure

One in which political power is exercised by a few privileged class which is known as an aristocracy or oligarchy

One in which political power is exercised by a majority of the people

€� one in which the control of national and local affairs is exercised by the central or national government

One in which the powers of government are divided between two sets of organs, one for national affairs and the other for local affairs, each organ being supreme within its own sphere

One in which the state confers upon the legislature the power to terminate the tenure of office of the real executive

One in which the state makes the executive constitutionally independent of the legislature as regards his tenure and to a large extent as regards his policies and acts,

That body of rules and principles in accordance with which the powers of sovereignty are regularly exercised and covers both written and unwritten constitutions.

Branch of public law, which treats of constitutions, their nature, formation, amendment, and interpretation.

One which is enacted by a constituent assembly or granted by a monarch to his subjects

One which is a product of growth or a long period of development originating in customs, traditions, judicial decisions, etc., rather than from a deliberate and formal enactment

One which has been given definite written form at a particular time, usually by a specifically constituted authority called a “constitutional convention”

One which is entirely the product of political evolution, consisting largely of a mass of customs, usage and judicial decisions together with a smaller body of statutory enactment of a fundamental character, usually bearing different dates

One regarded as a document of special sanctity which cannot be amended or altered except by some special machinery more cumbrous than the ordinary legislative process

One which possesses no higher legal authority than ordinary laws and which may be altered in the same way as other laws

Rights possessed by every citizen without being granted by the State for they are given to man by God

Rights which are conferred and protected by the Constitution

Rights which are provided by laws promulgated by the law-making body and, consequently, may be abolished by the same body

Rights of the citizens which give them the power to participate, directly or indirectly, in the establishment or administration of the government

Rights which the law will enforce at the instance of private individuals for the purpose of securing to them the enjoyment of their means of happiness

Rights which are intended to ensure the well-being and economic security of the individual

Rights intended for the protection of a person accused by any crime, like the right to presumption of innocence, the right to a speedy, impartial, and public trial, and the right against cruel, degrading, or inhuman punishment

A term denoting a membership of a citizen in a political society, which membership implies, reciprocally, a duty of allegiance on the part of the member and duty of protection on the part of the State

The act of formally adopting a foreigner into the political body of the State and clothing him with the rights and privileges of citizenship

Is effected by merely taking the necessary oath of allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines and registering the same in the proper civil registry

The right and obligation to vote of qualified citizens in the election of certain national and local officers of the government and in the decision of public questions submitted to the people

Blood relationship is the basis for the acquisition of citizenship under this rule

Place of birth serves as the basis for acquiring citizenship under this rule