Practice question
An agency claims that a Supreme Court decision interpreting its enabling statute can be ignored because only enactments printed as Republic Acts matter. Which is correct?
- The agency is correct in every case
- Article 8 recognizes judicial decisions applying or interpreting law as part of the legal system
- Only the agency may interpret any statute
- Court interpretations bind only if the agency agrees
- All judicial interpretation is a private recommendation
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, Article 8
- https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — 1987 Constitution, Article VIII section 4(3)
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/nov2017/gr_205837_2017.html — Philippine International Trading Corporation v. COA, G.R. No. 205837, November 21, 2017
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