Municipal Corporation

Prepared by: Atty. Judiel M. Pareja

Please read the following articles and cases.

A. History of Local Governments in the Philippines
Rufus B. Rodriguez, The Local Government Code of 1991 Anotated, Rex Printing Company Inc.,
2003, pp. 19-26

B. Autonomy and Decentralization
Cases:
1. De Leon vs. Esguerra, 153 SCRA 602 (1987)
2. San Juan vs. Civil Service Commission, 196 SCRA 69 (1991)
3. Ganzon vs. CA, 200 SCRA 271 (1991)
4. Basco vs. Pagcor, 197 SCRA 52 (1991)
5. Magtajas vs. Pryce Properties Corporation, Inc., 234 SCRA 255 (1994)

C. Administrative Regions and Autonomous Regions
- Sections 15- 21, Article X of the 1987 Constitution
Cases:
1. Abbas vs. COMELEC, 179 SCRA 287 (1989)
2. Chiongbian vs. Orbos, 245 SCRA 253 (1995)
3. Cordillera Broad Coalition vs. COA, 181 SCRA 495 (1990)
4. Ordillo vs. COMELEC, 192 SCRA 100 (1990)
5. Bagabuyo vs. COMELEC, 573 SCRA 290 (2008)
6. The Province of North Cotabato vs. The GRP Peace Panel on Ancestral Domain, 568 SCRA
402 (2008)

D. Effectivity of the Local Government Code of 1991
- Section 536, RA No. 7160
Cases:
1. Evardone vs. COMELEC, 204 SCRA 464 (1991)
2. Secretary of Health vs. CA, 241 SCRA 688 (1995)

E. Eleuterio C. Dumogho, Relevant Provisions of Local Government Code, i-Report, January 2007 at
http://pcij.org/blog/wp-docs/Dumogho_LGC_Relevant_Provisions.pdf