Preliminary Discussion

Part IV of the Dissenting Opinion of former Chief Justice Reynato Puno in Tolentino v. COMELEC, GR No. 148334, Jan. 21, 2004 Preamble, 1987 Constitution Section 1, 2, Article II Section 1, Article XI Departments/Officers Section 1, 3, Article VII Section 1, 2, 5, Article VI Section 1, 4, Article VIII Qualifications Section 2, 3, 5, Article VII Section 3, 6, Article VI Section 7, Article VIII Election/Appointment/Term of Office Section 4, Article VII Section 4, 7, 8, Article VI Section 9, 8, 11, Article VIII Functions of Government: Bacani v. NACOCO 100 PHIL. 468 [1956] ACCFA v. CUGCO 30 SCRA 649 [1969] PVTA v. CIR 65 SCRA 416 [1975] Republic v. Judge of CFI of Rizal 99 SCRA 660 [1980] VFP v. Reyes 483 SCRA 526 [2006] MIAA v. CA 495 SCRA 591 [2006] Ramiscal v. Sandiganbayan 499 SCRA 375 [2006] Alzaga v. Sandiganbayan 505 SCRA 848 [2006] Phil Society v. COA 534 SCRA 112 [2007] Serrano v. Sandiganbayan 542 SCRA 224 [2008] De Jure and de Facto Government Co Kim Cham v. Valdez Tan Keh 75 PHIL. 113 [1945] (Government; de facto) Letter of Associate Justice Puno 210 SCRA 588 [1992] (Government; revolution) Sovereignty, International Law and Auto-Limitation Taada v. Angara 272 SCRA 18 [1997] Pharmaceutical v. Health Secretary GR No. 173034, Oct. 9, 2007