Practice question
The Government accepts that land is already lawfully private but invokes the Regalian doctrine as the sole reason it may take the parcel for a facility without applicable acquisition safeguards. Explain the conceptual error without disputing any mineral-resource ownership issue.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article XII, Sections 2-3: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, Section 9: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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