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 …

's constitution. Using historical data dating back to the 19th century and applying a difference-in-difference approach we find that … instrumenting the probability of having budget rules on de jure constraints on changing the constitution. This and other tests …

Constitution and the European constitutional theory were tested. A number of rather serious issues were raised concerning the … interpretation of the Constitution, the relationship between national Constitution, EU legal order and international law and the … Constitution itself, either through informal constitutional changes or through the formal amendment process. The main finding of …

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 …