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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
