The Philippines became independent in 1946 but its legal and constitutional framework was erected in the 1935 … Constitution. The 1987 Constitution did little to change these provisions in the midst of economic reforms that were undertaken to … constitution have played the role of iron economic laws because of their relative permanence in the legal framework. These …

Philippines. The channels through which judicial decisions may affect business behaviour are fairly straightforward and may be … Philippines was conducted in 2001. Our findings show that governance problems are at least as important as economic or financial …

In some recent international literature on comparative law and economics, the Philippines has been misclassified as a …-colonial era, the law of the Philippines has progressively reflected local political and economic conditions and in many instances … has developed without any direct reference to external models. Hence, this paper argues that the Philippines is more …