FIDIC Contracts in Asia Pacific - A Practical Guide to Application
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CHAPTER 18
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Applying FIDIC contracts in the Philippines
18.1
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Outline of the legal environment in the Philippines
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18.1.1 The constitutional structure of the Philippines
The Philippines is a democratic and republican state with a presidential form of government, wherein power is equally divided among its three independent branches: executive, legislative and judicial.1