Social justice and human rights in the Philippines : the book on social justice & human rights /
Alberto T. Muyot
- Quezon City, Philippines : Raintree Traiding and Publishing, Inc., c2003
- xiv, 920 pages ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Social Justice: Defining and Refining the ideal -- Part II. The continuing struggle for human rights -- Part III. Assessment of social justice and human rights in the Philippines.
The introduction of the concept of social justice into the 1935 constitution was a concerted and deliberate effort in response to the needs of the times. The provision on social justice were intended to address a particular social problem which the framers deemed as imperative and pressing : the problem of poverty and social inequality.