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Practice question: General Principles

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A regulator claims that expertise and a broad public-interest objective let it disregard the express limits of its enabling statute. Assess this claim using Maceren without assuming every regulation is invalid.

Legal references

  • People v. Maceren, G.R. No. L-32166, October 18, 1977, main decision, limits of administrative rulemaking: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1977/oct1977/gr_32166_1977.html

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