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Practice question: Self-executing and Non-self-executing Provisions

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Which feature most strongly indicates that a constitutional provision supplies a rule enforceable without further legislation?
  1. It states a complete right or duty capable of judicial enforcement.
  2. It appears only in a long article.
  3. It uses a Roman numeral in its heading.
  4. It was discussed by many commentators.
  5. It is reprinted in an agency handbook.

Legal references

  • Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS, G.R. No. 122156, February 3, 1997, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/34508

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