Philippine History, Government, and Constitution

This course is a comprehensive survey of the development of the Filipino people, from its earliest anthropological and cultural origins to the birth and evolution of national consciousness. The course emphasizes the latter, the struggle for freedom and independence, the development of political, economic and social institutions, as well as key events in recent Philippine history, from the post-World War II independence until the present. A significant section of the course is also devoted to a study of the Philippine constitutional framework and how the specific provisions of its most recent iteration, the 1987 constitution; apply to contemporary Philippine society, particularly to the Philippine political system.