Martial Law in the Philippines
The Methods of Regime Survival
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2887733 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Wurfel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5 |
| Publication date | 1977-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2756116 |
| OpenAlex | W2322467797 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
The Philippines was the latest of the colonially inspired experiments in constitutional democracy within Southeast Asia to succumb to a palace coup. Because the Filipino citizenry had a longer experience in the uses of competitive elections, a free press and an independent judiciary than did the other peoples of the region, the demise of such institutions holds a special fascination for the scholar and is regarded as a special tragedy by all those who love freedom. Martial law was declared by President Marcos on September 2I, I972, more than halfway through his second, and constitutionally final, four-year term. He has clung to power beyond that term by utilizing for purposes of gaining legitimacy the transitory provisions of the I973 Constitution. That document was drafted in the Presidential palace, adopted by the Constitutional Convention under duress, and ratified by voice vote in village assemblies where armed soldiers and policemen were in prominent attendance. Though a majority of the Supreme Court regarded this ratification as invalid, there was not a majority to declare the new Constitution not in force.' Some writers, including Marcos and his apologists, have described what happened in the early i970's as the of Philippine democracy. But that is a distortion of the realities of that period. Filipino democratic institutions did not break down, either in the sense of an inability to maintain order or a failure to respond to changes within the society. The rising political violence after i969 was to a considerable degree the creation of Marcos himself, first in trying to get himself re-elected and then in preparing ajustification for martial law
Constitution · Democracy · Martial law · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Ratification · Supreme court · Victory · Law · Philippine History and Culture
Archival silences
Confronting Peace
Gifts or wages? The plural regulation of workers’ annual holiday bonuses in Southeast Asia
Constructing and Controlling People’s Power from the Grass Roots
Opposing Power
Resisting Dictatorship
Ordering Power
Life of the Party
A Political Analysis of the Philippines' Katarungang Pambarangay System of Informal Justice through Mediation
The Philippine Refugee Processing Center
Ocean frontier expansion and the Kalayaan Islands Group claim
Euphoria, Pakikibaka, at Bahala Na
State capacity and the paradox of authoritarian elections
The Political Ideologies of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Under the Marcos Regimes
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,34 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2026 (42) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |