“Imperial Manila” and Local Autonomy

• Main Author: Yusingco, Michael Henry
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Constitutional Law; Policy History, Theory, and Methods; Political Science
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/230; https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789813236493_0019
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The Constitutional Convention that drafted the 1935 Constitution was overtly partial to the American constitutional structure. Hence, the decision to adopt a unitary form of government instead of a federal arrangement akin to the United States was unsurprising…