Bernas, Joaquin G. <br/><br/>
Dismantling the dictatorship:   from MIA Tarmac 1983 to EDSA 1986:   a collection of essays / 
Joaquin G. Bernas. 
 - Quezon City, Philippines:  Center for Policy and Public Affairs, Ateneo de Manila University,  1990. 
 - 210 pages;  21 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Yellow fever epidemic -- The exile comes home -- December 1983: where are we today? -- How did we get to where we are? -- How do we get out of this mess? -- Tagum interlude -- Christmas, 1984: a homily -- A prescription for the "Prudent" -- The Aquino assassination -- Why not a special people's court? -- The process that is due -- Speedy trial razzmatazz -- Where goes the Aquino trial? -- Boycott or participation -- Will participation legitimate Mr. Marcos? -- An immoral contamination -- Looking for parliamentary gladiators -- Censors oppose boycott -- Giving the devil benefit of law -- The omnipotent presidency -- The perversion of a constitution -- A "Formidable dread" -- He ain't no dictator -- The dissecting amendment 6 -- An open letter to the French or, a plea for good French brandy -- License to kill -- Presidential jokes for a leisurely sunday -- The president's sturdy lightning rod -- Impeach! -- Impeachment as political justice -- Presidential succession: what for? -- The oppressive presidency -- The demonology of power -- Mendiola bridge: opportunity lost and challenge posed -- Killing us softly with love -- The secret marshals -- "No permit, no rally" -- A problem of credibility -- Inciting to sedition, my foot! -- Some are smarter than others -- Of libel and helicopters -- Jesus weeps over the city of man -- The legislature as rubberstamp -- The interim batasang pambansa -- Fasting for reform -- The oath of office -- Of slaves and freemen -- Capabilities of the regular batasan -- On collantes and his secret 29 -- Let the circus go on -- The least dangerous branch -- Judicial gentlemanly langauge -- 1985 BBC survey on the judiciary and legal profession -- The uses of the "political questions" doctrine -- A gradually awakening supreme court -- When the supreme court stumbles, and then recovers -- Whoever said that the supreme court is afraid of the president? -- Choosing or rejecting a Mr. Chief Justice -- Church and state encounters -- When God and King disagree -- Subtle and unsubtle modes of religious persecution -- Church and state fundamentals -- The perversion of the separation principle -- Freedom above separation -- Presumption of innocence, the military, and Bishop Escaler -- "Preacher" v. "Preacher" or, the message between lines -- Fact or Orwellian fiction -- Empowering the powerless: a church concern -- Uniting the opposition -- Do you need a mandate to seek a mandate? -- Opposition unity and an unscarred belly -- A twelve-year frustration period -- Of politics and nonpoliticians -- The joys and sorrows of notoriety: an ode in prose to the convenor group -- A glimmer of light at the end of the unification tunnel -- Cheap reconciliation and costly reconciliation -- From election to revolution -- Reflections atop Villa Tuscolana -- Some frustrating thoughts -- Convoluting the Unconvoluted -- Teehankee v. Teehankee -- A description of Tanada as "communist" -- Where goes radio veritas? -- Wealth and health and deception about both -- When the comelec plays pope -- People power -- The obedience due to a Japanese sentry -- Mr. Marcos asks for evidence of fraud -- Who is president and by what law? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9711131005 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philippine essays (English).
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Philippines--History-1981-1986.<br/>Philippines--Politics and government--1981-1986.