“Mayor, mayor, dapat ka bang palayain na?”

“Mayor, mayor, dapat ka bang palayain na?” – discussions on the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law and Mayor Sanchez’ impending release. News of Mayor Sanchez’ impending release from prison shook the country; reliving the collective dread Filipinos felt for the rape-slay of UPLB students Eileen Sarmenta and murder Allan Gomez more than twenty (20) years ago. On 30 August 2018, the UP College of Law held the faculty discussion “Mayor, Mayor, dapat ka bang palayain na?” – a spirited balitaktakan on the merits and application of the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law (“GCTA Law”) as part of the Coffe Break…

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What is Law?: How to study and why it matters how you study

What is Law?: How to study and why it matters how you study On August 10, 2019, a rainy Saturday afternoon, the UP College of Law hosted a kapihan session entitled “What is Law: How to study and why it matters how you study”. It’s guest of honor and speaker was Supreme Court Associate Justice Mario Victor F. Leonen who is also a former dean of the college. “You cannot be a revolutionary if you are not a master of Law” began Justice Leonen’s discussion. He emphasized that UP lawyers must know the law well enough to see its interstices…

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UP Law Prof Elected at the HCCH Special Commission

Professor Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan elected vice chair of Special Commission on Recognition of Foreign Judgments UP Law Professor Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan was elected as one of the Vice Chairs of the Special Commission on Recognition of Foreign Judgments during the 22nd Diplomatic Session of the Hague Conference of Private International Law (HCCH) at the Peace Palace in the Hague, Netherlands from 18 June to 2 July 2019. The Diplomatic Session was attended by close to 400 members and observers. Prof. Aguiling-Pangalangan, who also serves as the Director of the UP Law Center Institute of Human Rights, was part of the Philippine delegation…

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Conversations with Robert Swift

Conversations with Robert Swift UP IHR hosts talk with martial law victims lead counsel The University of the Philippines Law Center - Institute of Human Rights (UP IHR) and the Commmission in Human Rights(CHR) hosted on 9 July 2019 a public talk for the lead counsel of a successful class suit of Martial Law victims against the Marcoses. Titled “Conversations with Robert Swift,” the event was held at the Lecture Room of Bocobo Hall. Swift is an American lawyer who first led around 6,000 martial law victims-survivors in winning the class suit against the estate of the late dictator Ferdinand…

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NEW BOOK RELEASE

NEW BOOK RELEASE The UP Law Center is proud to announce the release of Professor Dante B. Gatmaytan's latest book, Local Government: Law and Jurisprudence (Volumes I and II) The book is part of the Law Center's Centennial Book Writing Project, featuring textbooks written by experts from the UP College of Law Faculty. Copies are now available for sale at the U.P. Law Center Bookroom.  

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UP College of Law Sends Academic Delegation to Spain

UP College of Law Sends Academic Delegation to Spain The UP College of Law sent a delegation (from June 14 to 20, 2019) to leading institutions of legal education in Spain, to renew its academic ties and to participate in the 5th International Scientific Congress - Five Centuries Sailing the Legal World. Led by Dean-Fides Cordero-Tan, the delegation visited Malaga to renew its ongoing collaboration with the Universidad de Malaga Facultad de Derecho. This partnership, born of a mutual interest in the links between Philippine and Spanish law, has since flourished to produce scholarship on both contemporary and legal issues,…

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