2. CONSTITUTION IS DEFINED
AS:
“The body of those written or
unwritten fundamental laws which
regulate the most important rights of
the higher magistrates and the most
important essential privileges
of the subjects."

3. •Part pointing out the mode or
procedure for amending or
revising the constitution. This
groups of provisions is called
the provisions on sovereignity
WWHY DO WE NEED CONSITUTION?
• To state how your association is to be
structured
• To detail the safeguards needed to ensure
that it operates fairly on behalf of the
whole community
• As a basic requirement to apply for
funding

4. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
A Constitution may be classified
into 2 according to Sir Henry Maine

5. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
 Historical and Revolutionary
Those constitutions which
develop gradually according
to the
experiences, customs, and
traditions of the people.

6. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
Those constitutions which
are founded on speculative
assumptions
remote from the experiences
of the people
 A Priori

7. Nature And
purpose of a
constitution

8. 1) It serves as a supreme
or fundamental law
• It is the charter that created a government
• It is binding all individual citizens and parts
of the government together as one
• It is the ultimate law; the law other laws
must abide by
• It is the test of legality by government
officials

9. 2) Establishes the basic
framework and underlying
principles of the government
• Prescribes the permanent framework of the
system of government, and assigns to the
different department or branches, their
respective powers and duties
• To establish certain basic principles by which
the government is founded
• Designed to preserve and protect the rights
of the citizens against the powers of the
state

10. KINDS OF
CONSTITUTION
ACCORDING TO
FORM

11. KINDS OF
CONSTITUTION
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12. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
Written constitution
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•

13. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
Unwritten Constitution
• An unwritten constitution is one in which
most of the principles of the government
have never been enacted in the form of
laws. It consists of customs, conventions,
traditions, and some written laws bearing
different dates. It is unsystematic, indefinite
and un-precise. Such a constitution is not
the result of conscious and deliberate
efforts of the people.

14. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION

15. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
Pros and cons of a
written constitution
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•

16. KINDS OF
CONSTITUTION
ACCORDING TO
MANNER OF
AMENDMENT

17. KINDS
CONVENTIONAL OR
ENACTED
RIGID

18. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
Convention or Enacted
Constitution
• One is enacted by a constitution
assembly or granted by monarch of
his subject

19. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
Japanese Constitution

20. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
Rigid
Constitution
•

21. KINDS OF CONSTITUTION
Constitution Of the United States of America

22. ESSENTIAL
PARTS OF A
CONSTITUTIO
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26. QUALITIES
OF GOOD
CONSTITUTI
ON

27. Brief
• A constitution is said to be brief if
the major and most important
points are marked and minor ones
deduced
Broad
• A constitution has to endure, it must
be comprehensive in scope and
meaning in order to meet the needs of
the changing times

28. Clear and definite
• To avoid conflicting
interpretations, a constitution
must have clear and definite
statements; any vagueness can be
disruptive to political
stability, administrative, efficienc
y , and national unity

29. Constitution of the
Philippines
Officially known as the
“1987 Constitution of the Philippines”
Features:
• Reinstitution of a democratic government
• Seperation of church and state
• Sovereignity of the people
• Renunciation of war as a national policy
• Supremacy of civilian authority over the military
• Sepertation of powers

30. Parts of the Philippine
constitution
Preamble
• Describes the purpose of the document
and government
Articles
• Establish how the government is
structured and how the Constitution can
be changed. There are seven articles.
Amendments
• Changes to the Constitution; the first ten
are called the Bill of Rights.

31. Preamble
An introductory and expressionary statement
in a document that explains the document's
purpose and underlying philosophy. When
applied to the opening paragraphs of a
statute, it may recite historical facts pertinent
to the subject of the statute. It is distinct
from the long title or enacting formula of a
law.

32. Preamble of the Philippine
Constitution
“We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of
Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane
society, and establish a Government that shall embody
our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good,
conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to
ourselves and our posterity, the blessings of
independence and democracy under the rule of law
and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality,
and peace, do ordain and promulgate this
Constitution.”