Legal and Constitutional Disputes and the Philippine Economy - By Gerardo P. Sicat, U.P. Sch. of Econ.

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Legal and Constitutional Disputes 

and the Philippine Economy 

By 

Gerardo P. Sicat

U.P. Sch. of Econ.

Contents:

The Constitutional framework of Philippine economic development policy since 1935 3 

The Courts of Justice as Statistics 

New cases, caseloads, and backlogs  

Backlogs: high courts vs. lower courts 

De-clogging the court dockets 

Complex constitutional provisions cause difficulties in policy making and in business operation 

Increasingly detailed and complex provisions

Clogged court dockets and their economic effects 

Restraints on legislation and executive action

Impact on the operations of the courts of justice

Doing Business indicators and how other countries do business

Impact on the national economy  

Economic regime under the parity rights amendment 

Economic regime under the 1987 Constitution

The grand missed opportunity: a progressive economy ahead of the rest of developing East Asia