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Supreme Court Review of Agrarian Reform Laws by Arlene Kristine Joy Clemente is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Association of Small Landowners in the Philippines challenged the constitutionality of certain agrarian reform laws and presidential decrees. The case involved the rights of landowners under Presidential Decree 27 to retain lands of 7 hectares or less that they were cultivating. The Supreme Court ruled that it has the power to review acts of the legislative and executive branches and determine their constitutionality in actual cases and controversies. However, the Court will exercise restraint and only
- Author
- Arlene Kristine Joy Clemente
- Language
- EN