Self-executing and Non-self-executing Provisions

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1. What chiefly distinguishes a self-executing constitutional provision from a non-self-executing provision?
2. According to Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS, what is the starting presumption when determining whether a constitutional pr…
3. How did Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS classify the second paragraph of Article XII, Section 10, directing State preferenc…
4. A qualified Filipino bidder invokes Article XII, Section 10, second paragraph, in a State transaction involving nationa…
5. A litigant demands that a court devise a nationwide employment subsidy, relying only on Article II, Section 9, on a jus…
6. Children allege that a State authorization for destructive logging threatens the ecology on which they and future gener…
7. An agency argues that a constitutional right cannot be self-executing because a statute also provides a procedure and p…
8. A State agency rejects a claim under a constitutional provision solely because no enabling statute exists. Explain the …
9. A patients' group seeks a judicial order creating a fixed annual cash allowance for all indigent patients. It relies ex…
10. A student writes: 'Every provision in Article II is merely aspirational, so Article II can never support a judicial cla…
11. Which feature most strongly indicates that a constitutional provision supplies a rule enforceable without further legis…
12. Under Manila Prince, can different parts of one constitutional provision differ as to self-execution?