congress, decisions
promulgated by the SC, lower
courts and other quasi-judicial
agencies, executive issuances
etc. published by the issuing
agency like the Official Gazette.
Secondary Sources are
commentaries or books,
treatises, writings, journal
articles that explain, discuss or
comment on primary
authorities. Issued commercially
and are not published by the
government. (central books, rex
bookstore etc.)
Finding tools or law finders
refers to indices, citators,
encyclopedias, legal
dictionaries, thesauri or digests.
(e-scra, elibrary, lawphil.net,
chanrobles.com etc.)
E. Historical Evolution of
Philippine Law
Pre-Spanish
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Spanish
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American Period
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Japanese Period
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Republic Period
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Philippine independence. A
Philippine republic was reborn.
Republic means a
government of the people
and by the people and the
sovereignty reside in the
entire people as body politic.
It defines the structure of the
government and its
corresponding powers.
During this period, while
constitutional commission
was in session, president
marcos declared martial law
on September 21, 1972.
Executive
Section 1 Art. VII The executive
power shall be vested in the
President of the Philippines.
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Legislative
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