Organic Law on Education
History
Legal Documents Hierarchy
Education acquired an institutional or formal character during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, ranging from the study of the first letters to the Higher Schools of Theology and Philosophy which, being in the hands of the Church, remained restricted to the formation of a clergy with ability to spread the Catholic faith throughout the isthmian territory.
The Constitution
laws
Classification of Laws
Elements of the Law:
executive decrees
decrees - laws
magisterial resolutions
The Constitution
Panama approved its Constitution as an independent State in 1904, after its independence from Colombia (1903).
Law
It is the norm that governs our social behavior. Law is called, in a strict sense, the legal norm by a competent State entity in this matter, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, that is, the Legislative Organ. In
Executive Decrees
Within the limits and conditions established in the Constitution, the Executive Branch will have, on certain occasions, the power to issue legal norms that have a legislative nature.
Forms and Criteria of Distribution of Public Expenditures
The criteria established by the government for the distribution of resources among the different ministries and government entities are basically due to the need provided by the State to meet its obligations, to the public policies defined for each sector, to national priorities and to the institutional capacity to execute their plans and programs.
Student: Celedonia Martinez Pimentel