The Government of the Philippine Islands: Its Development and Fundamentals

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Lawyers co-operative publishing Company, 1916 - Law - 794 pages

Contents

Analysis Philippine Islands 2 Discovery
2
Name
3
General description
4
People
5
Periods of history
6
Boundaries and limits
7
State defined 9 Government defined
9
Nation defined Government
10
Spanish common
170
Customary
171
Mohammedan
172
Case
173
Legal treatises
174
Philippine common
175
Reasons for retention
181
Title to the Philippines
194

Administration defined
11
Terms distinguished
12
Necessity of government
13
Forms of government
14
The government of the United States
15
Further classifications
16
Functions of government
17
Purpose of government
18
Tests of a good government
19
Success or failure of government
20
Why government studied
24
The barangay
25
Intergroup relations
26
Social classes
27
Legislation
28
Contents of laws
29
Judicial procedure
30
Defects of organization
31
Degree of civilization
32
Conquest
33
Colonial policy
34
Relations with Spain
35
Laws extended
36
The governorgeneral
37
Central advisory bodies
38
Central administrative agencies
39
Provincial administration
40
Municipal administration
41
The judiciary
42
Ecclesiastical administration
43
Public finances
44
Commerce
45
Education
46
Public order
47
Filipino participation
48
Judgment
49
Historical setting
50
Causes of revolutions against Spain
51
Desire for independence
52
Rise of Philippine nationality
53
Course of events under the revolutionary government
56
Parties
57
The dictator and president
58
Cabinets
59
Foreign delegates
60
The Revolutionary Congress
61
The Malolos Constitution
62
Governmental activities
63
Class of government
64
Character of government
65
The socalled Philippine problem
78
Whether Filipinos are aliens subjects or citizens
101
CHAPTER 5
102
Terminology
103
Résumé
107
CHAPTER 8
109
Causes of revolution against the United States
120
The dictatorial government
123
Suspension of the writ of habeas corpus
133
Ex post facto laws
134
Bills of attainder
135
Excessive bail excessive fines and cruel and unusual punish
136
GOVERNMENTAL STEPS UNDER THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION
154
ments
164
The administrative code of the department of Mindanao and Sulu
166
First StepAcquisition 66 The treaty of Paris
167
Municipal ordinances and resolutions
168
English and American common
169
Second StepPresidential Government Instituted 69 Military rule
196
Third Stepinvestigation and Conciliation 70 The first Philippine commission
205
Fourth StepFilipino Cooperation 71 The Federal party
210
Fifth StepQuasiCivil Government Begun 72 The second Philippine commission
214
Sixth StepChange from Presidential Military to Congressional Civil Government 73 The Spooner amendment
222
Seventh StepCivil Government Established 74 Civil governor inaugurated
224
Civil organization completed Eighth StepExtension of Popular SelfGovernment
225
Filipino participation
226
Ninth StepAutonomy 77 The Jones bill
231
Government of the Philippine Islands short form Phil ippine Government The Administrative Code of the Philippines legislatively describes The Go...
257
American Philippine policy
260
Outline of present administration
272
ORGANIC
291
FUNDAMENTAL CHAPTER 6
303
The power of Congress
324
The right of the United States to admit the Philippine Islands into the Union as a state to cede to a foreign power or to declare independent
333
Application to constitutional relation of the Philippines to
351
United States 89 Congressional control
352
Presidential control
354
The bureau of insular affairs
358
Resident commissioners to the United States
359
CHAPTER 7
362
The case of United States versus Bull
382
Whether legally organized
383
The United States Constitution in the Philippines 105 Treaties of the United States 106 Laws of express extension
395
Acts of the Philippine Commission
402
Laws of inherent force
403
Resultant rules
407
The Philippine bill
413
The Philippine autonomy act 112 Other organic laws 113 The Philippine Constitution
418
CHAPTER 2
420
CHAPTER 9
424
Delegation of powers
450
Irrepealable laws prohibited
456
Legislative privileges
457
Rule of the majority
459
Law of public officers
460
Interstate comity
468
Aliens
470
Citizenship
493
Immunity of government from suit
502
Taxation eminent domain and police power explained
508
Taxation
509
Eminent domain
522
Police power 131 Various fundamental privileges and immunities 132 Rights of accused in criminal prosecutions
540
Treason
574
Imprisonment for debt
603
Due process of law and equal protection of the laws
605
Slavery involuntary servitude and peonage
620
Freedom of speech and press assembly and petition
626
Religious liberty
634
Local government
643
Suffrage
647
Education 147 Subject and title of bills
650
The enacting clause
652
Obligation of contracts
653
Titles of nobility presents etc from foreign states 151 Law of primogeniture 152 Polygamy
661
Appropriations
662
Indebtedness
665
CHAPTER 10
668
Acts of the Philippine commission
682
Acts of the Philippine Legislature
685
Codification
687
Joint and concurrent resolutions
692
Rules of court
695
A Suggestion 177 Annotate
739
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