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Practice question: Right to Association

Essay Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

A local official conditions a lawful public benefit on joining the official’s private civic-political association. No legal basis for that condition exists. Explain the relevant associational freedom without asserting that every employment-related union-security rule is invalid.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article III, Section 8: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
  • Victoriano v. Elizalde Rope Workers Union, G.R. No. L-25246, September 12, 1974, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1974/sep1974/gr_l_25246_1974.html

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