TY - BOOK AU - Kapunan, Rod P. TI - Reflections on Martial Law: saving the Republic SN - 9789719800460 AV - KPM 2232 .K37 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Quezon City, Philippines PB - C & E Publishing Inc. KW - MARTIAL LAW N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Circumstances the Led to the Declaration of Martial Law -- 2. Confirmation of the Whereas Clauses -- 3. Martial Law should be Judge Collectively -- 4. Duty Placed on the President as Commander-in-Chief -- 5. Constitutionally Mandated to Impose Martial Law when so required -- 6. Weighing the positive and the negative effects of martial law -- 7. They anticipated the consequences of their actions -- 8. Cory Aquino's Mirage of Freedom -- 9. The War that Marcos Fought N2 - That declaration was the ultimate act of self-defense. Often, such painful process imposed limitations on the lives of the civilians made to adjust to the call of national emergency, and implied a degree of suppression to the activities of those who purposely sought to realize their objective outside the parameters of a peaceful process ER -