Practice question
A commentator states that sovereignty must mean an unrestricted legal entitlement to ignore all international law. Explain why Tañada v. Angara rejects that proposition, while preserving the Constitution’s role in the Philippine legal order.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
- Tañada v. Angara, G.R. No. 118295, May 2, 1997, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1997/may1997/gr_118295_1997.html
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