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COURSE SYLLABUS
A. COURSE DESCRIPTION
B. LEARNING OUTCOMES
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Ricardo A. Sunga III, BS ME (Ateneo de Manila University), LLB (University of the
Philippines) and LLM (University of New South Wales), is Chair-Rapporteur of the United
Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, Special Procedures of the
United Nations Special Rapporteurs,
http://ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Racism/WGAfricanDescent/Pages/Members.aspx and
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54418#.V6U4jNJ97Mw viewed 6 August
2016. His research interests include the international human rights law on torture and enforced
disappearances. See, for example, Ricardo A. Sunga III, The Committee on Enforced
Disappearances and Its Monitoring Procedures (2012), 17(1) Deakin Law Review 151, available at
http://www.deakin.edu.au/buslaw/law/dlr/docs/vol17-iss1/vol17-1-6.pdf, viewed 7 November
2012, ISSN 1 321-3660, Ricardo A. Sunga III, On Locating the Rights of Lost (2012), 45(4) John
Marshall Law Review 1051, available at http://lawreview.jmls.edu/articles/show/54, viewed 22
November 2012, and Ricardo A. Sunga III, Protecting the Children of the Lost (2012), 86(4)
Philippine Law Journal 796, available at http://plj.upd.edu.ph/protecting-the-children-of-the-lost/,
viewed 29 May 2013..
1. understand basic concepts in the study of politics;
2. use these concepts in critically examining current issues; and
3. appreciate important features of the Philippine political system, as well as
those of international bodies.
C. COURSE OUTLINE
a. Elements of a State
2. Statelessness
3. Elections
a. Qualification to vote
b. Plurality systems
5. Human Rights
a. Peoples Organizations
b. Non-governmental Organizations
8. Constitution: Concept, elastic and inelastic, written and unwritten
b. Committee system
c. Inquiry in aid of legislation
a. Philippine experience
c. Judicial ethics
d. Bangsa Moro
15. Accountability of Public Officers
a. Public trust
b. Ombudsman
c. Impeachment
a. Differences
b. Treaty law and customary law
b. Security Council
19. ASEAN
a. ASEAN Charter
b. ASEAN structure
D. REQUIRED READING
E. SUGGESTED READINGS
Joaquin Bernas, The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines: A Commentary
F. COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Report
Quiz
Attendance in Class
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
G. GRADING SYSTEM
H. CLASSROOM POLICIES
I. CONSULTATION HOURS
By appointment:
Email ricardo_sunga@yahoo.com