A REVIEW OF THE MLAS AND CLAS RULES
"With all due respect, the Supreme Court rules on MLAS and CLAS requiring free or pro bono legal aid service for private practitioners are essentially…
Category: Journal Issues
DEBUNKING THE NOTION OF A LIVING CONSTITUTION
The 1987 Philippine Constitution is described as conventional or enacted, written, and rigid or inelastic. It is clear and definite and is not easily bent…
The Stepping Stones to Solve Jail Overcrowding
To paint a more vivid picture, the IRR of the National Building Code provides that the size of an average automobile (car) parking slot must…
Landmark Cases | 2020 – 2021
Landmark Cases included in Volume 65 of the UST Law Review Journal.
TRAPPED IN A BROKEN BAIL SYSTEM
Philippine jails are another realm where social injustice reigns. Notably, there is a connection that can be established between an accused’s length of stay in…
Publishing Jus Gentium
The publication of laws is arguably the most oft-overlooked element in the compliance with due process requirements. After the Court’s categorical pronouncement in Tañada, clarified…
Setting a Concrete Standard For Sustainability
Setting a Concrete Standard For Sustainability: A Critical Assessment and Comparative Analysis of the Sustainability Reports and Compliance of the Three Publicly Listed Cement Manufacturing…
Termination of the R.P. – U.S. Visiting Forces Agreement
The beauty in the mirror principle is that it neither favors unilateral abrogation of a treaty by the President, exclusively, nor a Senate concurrence to…
Justice Among Us
Peer-to-peer sexual harassment is a relatively new species of gender-based sexual harassment under Philippine law. Through the inclusion of punishable conduct of such nature in…
The Revised Corporation Code: Stronger Framework and Governance
This article intends to discuss the changes introduced by the Revised Corporation Code(RCC) championing the four (4) main reform clusters, provide insights on such changes…