POLITICAL SCIENCE Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Miscarriage, Patronage, Mandamus

• School: University of the Philippines Manila
• Department: Social Sciences
• Course: POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Judicial authority was vested in the datu or village chieftain who acted as a judge in both civil and criminal cases. If inconclusive, litigants were required to submit to a trial by ordeal (eg. stayed longer in a boiling water and/or less injuries) Royal audiencia (1583) dubbed as predecessor of the present-day supreme court (sc) First centralized body identified with the function of resolving disputes. Decisions were appealable to the sc of spain in madrid. Audiencia territorial de manila with two branches: civil and criminal. Corte suprema de justicia jurisdiction over the entire territory of the republic. General merritt - military governor who suspended the audiencias. June 11, 1901 formal birth with cayetano arellano as first chief justice. William howard taft champion of property rights. Philippine bill of 1902 power of judicial review not only in the american-dominated philippine sc but also in the us federal sc.