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ANC interview with Professor Jay Batongbacal on PH-China joint exploration: “Legality is still an open question.”

ANC interview with Professor Jay Batongbacal on PH-China joint exploration: "Legality is still an open question." In a 10-minute interview on ANC’s Headstart, UP Law’s maritime expert Dr. Jay Batongbacal, gives an expert understanding of what joint explorations with China in the West Philippine Sea would entail. Stating that there is no “clear cut legal policy (nor experience) on joint development with another State,” Professor Batongbacal argued the cost-effective aspect of such exercise. He touched upon the economic benefits attached to joint maritime explorations with China and presented the legal barriers to such partnership. “On the question of legality it is still…

The Institute of Government and Law Reform launches its Infoseries with ConstiTutok

The Institute of Government and Law Reform launches its Infoseries with ConstiTutok Constitutional change has been the topic of summary reportage in mass media of late, with accounts on the contents of proposed drafts and the differing views of individuals who are either for or against the amendment of the Constitution. To assist the citizenry in gaining a more thorough understanding of the issues to which they are linked, the UP Law Center has launched an online information campaign. ConstiTutok is a creative presentation of the UP Institute of Government and Law Reform (IGLR) team, that guides the reader through the legal history of the…

UP Law wins championship in 2018 Stetson International Moot Court Competition

UP Law wins championship in 2018 Stetson International Moot Court Competition UP Law students Marianne Vitug, Marianne Estioco, Mikee Bernardino, and Sheigne Minano emerged as the champions of the 22nd Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition, held last March 22–24, 2018 at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida. Under the helm of Prof. Rommel Casis as adviser, the team was also awarded the Second Place for Best Memorial, with Marianne Vitug recognized as the Best Oralist for the Finals round, and Marianne Estioco as the 4th Best Oralist. This year's theme was "Responses to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and…

Prof. Tony La Viña: “Wrong Premises of ICC Withdrawal”

Prof. Tony La Viña: "Wrong Premises of ICC Withdrawal" The Philippine Executive recently announced an immediate withdrawal of its membership from the International Criminal Court. The main argument raised by the Duterte administration is the unenforcability of the Rome Statute in Philippine jurisdiction, due to lack of its publication as required by domestic law. In the first of a 3-part series on the Philippine withdrawal from the ICC, Professor Antonio La Viña begins with a refutation of two grounds invoked by the Government: lack of publication of and alleged fraud. In “Wrong premises of ICC withdrawal,” Eagle Eyes columnist Tony…

Law schools release statement calling for adherence to the constitutional process on Chief Justice’s impeachment

Law schools release statement calling for adherence to the constitutional process on Chief Justice's impeachment READ: Statement of alumni and faculty members of various law schools (University of the Philippines College of Law, Lyceum of the Philippines University, Adamson University, and De La Salle University College of Law) on impeachment of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Chief Justice Maria Lourdes A. Sereno: A CALL FOR ADHERENCE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESSWe, the alumni and faculty members of the undersigned law schools, express our deep concern at the move to unseat the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by means other than by impeachment. We are…

Ex post facto law prohibited under the Constitution: lesson in CrimLaw

Ex post facto law prohibited under the Constitution: lesson in CrimLaw UP Law Professor JJ Disini provided a short lesson in Criminal Law on a possible unconstitutional application of the Cybercrime Act of 2017. He specifically referred to the cyber libel complaint filed with the DOJ, by the NBI, against officers of Rappler, an online news site. Professor Disini who specializes in the field of cybercrime law pointed to Article III, Section 22 of the Constitution, which directs that “noex post facto law or bill of attainder shall be enacted.” He also dismissed the theory that cyber libel was “indubitably…

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