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Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in such lower courts as may be established by the Constitution.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] Judicial power includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual and potential controversies involving rights which are or may in the …
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The Supreme Court shall have the power to define, prescribe, and apportion the jurisdiction of various courts.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] Separation of powers ordains that each of the three great branches of government has exclusive cognizance of and is supreme in matters fall…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] As part of the system of checks and balances in our Constitution, the President’s assent is required in the enactment of laws.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The power After president under #5 is Absolute and not subject to any counter check. (As part of the system of checks and balances in our C…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The Legislature access a check on the executive when cabinet and other high-ranking executive officials are required to be confirmed by the…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The doctrine of hierarchy of courts requires that recourse must be had directly with the highest ranked court exercising concurrent jurisdi…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The Supreme Court shall be composed of a Chief Justice in 12 Associate Justices. It may sit en banc, or in its discretion, in divisions of …
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The Supreme Court en banc sits as the electoral tribunal for presidential and vice-presidential contests.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The 1987 constitution took away the power of Congress to repeal, alter, or supplement rules concerning pleading, practice, and procedure.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] When the Supreme Court modifies or reverses the doctrine or principle of law previously laid down either en banc or by division, the Suprem…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The Sandiganbayan has jurisdiction over criminal cases involving graft and corrupt practices and other offenses committed by public officer…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The Regional Trial Courts have exclusive original jurisdiction over all civil actions in which the subject of the litigation is incapable o…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts, and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts have exclusive original jurisdiction over civil a…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] Jurisdiction is the authority to hear, try, and decide the case.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] No law shall be passed increasing the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court as provided in the Constitution, without its advice and c…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The jurisdiction of a court terminates with the finality of its decision.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] Political questions are those to be decided by the people in their sovereign capacity; or in regard to which full discretionary authority has be…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no right; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it creates no office; it is inop…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] A judge who visits the office of an individual who was previously acquitted in the case decided by him is transgressing the Canon of indepe…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The practice of law is any activity in or out of court which requires the application of the law, legal procedure, knowledge, training, and…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The legislature, in the exercise of its police power, may enact a law exempting certain individuals from taking the bar examination and adm…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] One must be a natural-born citizen of the Philippines to be admitted to the practice of law.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] A lawyer may be required to pay annual membership dues in the integrated bar of the Philippines, but he may not be dropped from the role of…
Published	08/04/2023	The doctrine of _____ enjoins adherence to judicial precedents and requires courts in a country to follow the rule established in all decisions of cou…
Published	08/04/2023	_____ shall have control of all the executive departments, bureaus, and offices. He shall ensure that the laws be faithfully executed.The PresidentThe…
Published	08/04/2023	_____ shall have the power to deport aliens subject to the requirements of due process.The Supreme Court The judiciaryThe PresidentThe Senate
Published	08/04/2023	Article 8, Sec. I of the Philippine Constitution clearly defines what is meant by executive power.TrueFalse Somewhat true Somewhat falls
Published	08/04/2023	______ are to be decided by the people in their sovereign capacity, or in regard to which fall discretionary authority has been delegated to the legis…
Published	08/04/2023	The domestic and international are two different spheres of law where state sovereignty reigns supreme. This reflects _____.The monist theoryPublic in…
Published	08/04/2023	_____ bills must originate from _____.Local government, the lower house.National government, the Senate.Appropriation and revenue, the Senate. Ap…
Published	08/04/2023	The bill as passed by Congress, authenticated by the speaker and Senate President and approved by the President is known as _____.the successful bill.…
Published	08/04/2023	Every bill passed by Congress may embrace as many subjects as needed so long as it is expressed in the title to ensure that riders are not slipped in.…
Published	08/04/2023	A statute whose title does not conform to the constitutional requirement or is not related in any matter to its subject _____.shall be construed in a …
Published	08/04/2023	_____ is that part of a statute which states that if any provision of the act is declared invalid, the remained shall not be affected thereby.A separa…
Published	08/04/2023	The power of the Government to withhold information from the public, the courts, and the Congress is _____.  It is presumed for conversations and…
Published	08/04/2023	Whenever a court has knowledge of any act which it may deem proper to repress and which is not punishable by law, it shall _____.Render the proper dec…
Published	08/04/2023	The condonation doctrine is _____.A victim's express or implied forgiveness of an offense, especially by treating the offender as if there had been no…
Published	08/04/2023	Under this doctrine, an existing final judgment or decree rendered in the merits, and without fraud or collusion, by a court of competent jurisdiction…
Published	08/04/2023	Under this doctrine, when the Supreme Court has once laid down the principle of law as applicable to a certain state the facts, it will adhere to that…
Published	08/04/2023	_____ is highly systematized and structured and relies on declarations of broad general principles, often ignoring the details. It has its origin in R…
Published	08/04/2023	No person shall be appointed Member of the Supreme Court or any lower collegiate court unless he's a natural-born citizen of the Philippines. A Member…
Published	08/04/2023	The Supreme Court can pass up an ability of a president to discharge the power and duties of the presidency under its expanded powers.TrueFalseIn disp…
Published	08/04/2023	There must be adequate guidelines or stations in the law to map out the boundaries of the delegates authority and prevent the delegation from running …
Published	08/04/2023	What are the sources of international law? (6)
Published	08/04/2023	With the laws speak of years, months, days, or nights, it should be understood that years are of _____each; months, of _____; days, of _____; and…
Published	08/04/2023	A court’s determination of a matter of law. Becomes binding law. a. Holding b. Dicta c. Precedent d. None of the above
Published	08/04/2023	Which one is not a primary source of legal knowledge? a. Supreme Court Website b. Official Gazette c. LawPhil d. None of the above
Published	08/04/2023	Which one is not a primary authority? a. Laws b. Judicial Decisions c. Administrative Laws d. Scholarly writing
Published	08/04/2023	Which of the following is not secondary authority? a. Commentaries b. Law Journal Articles c. Statutes d. Legal encyclopedias
Published	08/04/2023	Judicial Power shall be vested in the Supreme Court and in such lower courts as may be established by law a. True b. False
Published	08/04/2023	Body of law composed of precedent
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] In civil law, judicial decision are a source of law
Published	08/04/2023	A legal system which exhibits characteristics of both the civilian and the English common law traditions
Published	08/04/2023	The law found in legislation other than civil codes that is basic to civil and common law
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] A judge can decline to render judgement by reason of the silence, obscurity, or insufficiency of the laws
Published	08/04/2023	A bill passed by Congress, authenticated by the House Speaker and Senate President and approved by the President
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] A bill must only embrace one subject expressed in its title
Published	08/04/2023	States that if any provision is declared invalid, the remainder shall not be affected
Published	08/04/2023	Priority of this body of law are wri4en constitutions, codes, specific statues or decrees. Highly systematized and structured.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The opinions of legal scholars carry great weight in a Common Law System.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] All states in the USA are of Common Law tradition.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The Philippine Legal System recognizes decisions of the Supreme Court as part of the law of the land, which is characteristically of the Common …
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] Continental Europe is predominantly Civil Law in tradition.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] In the Philippines, some personal laws of dis2nct groups are part of the state of legal order.
Published	08/04/2023	In general, trea2es require a. Concurrence by at least two-thirds all the members of Congress b. Concurrence by at least two-thirds of all the …
Published	08/04/2023	Cong. Crisostomo Ibarra, infuriate with the continued spread of SARSCoV-2, authored a bill instituting penal sanctions for the failure of wear a ma…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The Philippines is automatically bound by all treaties by virtue of Section 2, Article 2 of the Constitution stating that "The Philippines ..…
Published	08/04/2023	A requirement for the effectivity of a law is publication in either the a. Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation  b. Offic…
Published	08/04/2023	In general, appropriations and revenues bill must a. Originate from the House of Representatives b. Originate from the Barangay c. Ori…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] Treaties are like Constitutions in the international sphere, they are the “highest” laws in the world.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The operation of a statute may be limited to a specific place of locality.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] In the Philippines, all our laws originated from the legislative branch.
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] If you did not read the law, you should not be held accountable for violating it. You have a right to be informed!
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] Judges in a Civil Law state must review the decisions of all other courts in their jurisdiction to ensure there are no conflicts in their decisi…
Published	08/04/2023	Insignificant side remarks of a judge/case. Judicial comments unnecessary to a case a. Ratio decidendi b. Obiter Dicta
Published	08/04/2023	This principle enjoined adherence to the familiarity of judicial judgment in cases with the same facts, issues and par2es a. Stare Decisis b. Law …
Published	08/04/2023	Where there is identity of parties in the first and second cases, but no identity of causes of action, the first judgment is conclusive only as to …
Published	08/04/2023	Which is not an element of psychological incapacity a. Gravity  b. Emotional Distance c. Judicial Antecedence d. Incurability  …
Published	08/04/2023	Doctrines are judicial creations. They may be revoked any time. a. True b. False
Published	08/04/2023	Requires courts in a country to flow the rule established in a decision of the Supreme Court. Decision becomes a judicial precedent to be follow…
Published	08/04/2023	Opinion delivers on a former appeal. The controlling legal rule of decision between the same parties in the same case continues to be the _________&nb…
Published	08/04/2023	The power to try and hear casesJudicial PowerJudiciaryJurisdictionSala
Published	08/04/2023	Which one is not a third level courtSandiganbayanCourt of Tax AppealsCourt of AppealsRegional Trial Court
Published	08/04/2023	A justice of the Sandiganbayan must have 15 years of experience of a lower court or in the practice of law in the PhilippinesTrueFalse
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] There is no attorney-client privilege if a lawyer is giving legal advice to a friend
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] Martial Law and the suspension of the privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus always go together
Published	08/04/2023	Legislative discretion as to the substantive contents of the law cannot be delegated. What can be delegated is the discretion to determine how the law…
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] The Senate can pass bills that concern appropriation, revenue or tariff, bills authorizing debt
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] Mayors, priests, relatives can substitute for counsel during a confession of
Published	08/04/2023	[T/F] Bill of Rights governs the relationship between individuals. It confirms that certain rights of individuals exist without the need of government…
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