Obligations and Contracts

Constitutional Law - The term constitution comes from the Latin word constitutio, used for regulations and orders. Constitutional law is also referred to as “supreme law or “highest law of the land”. This is because it is the foundation of a state wherein it comprises primary law and fundamental principles which defines the relationship of the three important branches within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. This law also illustrates the scope and limitations of the powers embodied by these three different entities. In addition, it lays out the general framework of government, the basic rights of citizens of the country, relationship of people and the state and as well as the relationships among the states. In the Philippines, the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines is our current constitutional law.

Administrative law and regulation - that branch of modern law under which the executive department of the government, acting in a quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial capacity, interferes with the conduct of the individual for the purpose of promoting the well-being of the community. In other words, it is a division of law which seeks to prevent man from penalties by meddling with their manners of behavior and urging them to follow its commands. This law is actually formed only to attend and address arising disturbances of society and of government to which the public agencies and also the law cannot readily handle. Thus, administrative law was the vivid solution.
Administrative agency is a body vested with two major powers for the purpose of enabling it to carry out the laws entrusted to it for enforcement or execution. These powers are: a. Quasi-legislative authority or rule making power b. Quasi-judicial power or adjudicatory function. Administrative agency may be regarded as an arm of the legislature in so far as it is authorize to promulgate rules. It may also be loosely considered a court because it