Immunity from Suit of an International Organization and its Officers
What is the concept of sovereign immunity in international law? There are two conflicting concepts of sovereign immunity, according to the Supreme Court: (a) Classical or absolute theory — a sovereign...
View ArticleA brief discussion on Infidelity, Concubinage, Adultery and Bigamy
We previously noted that infidelity is not, by itself, a ground for annulment, although it could be a basis for legal separation or filing a case for adultery/concubinage. As to custody, the Supreme...
View ArticleFAQ on 13th Month Pay
What is 13th month pay? It is a form of monetary assistance equivalent to the monthly basic compensation received by an employee, computed pro-rata according to the number of months within a year that...
View ArticleNo more Violations for Premature Campaigning
Premature campaigning is now gone from our statute books. This is the effect of the Supreme Court resolution in Rosalinda Penera vs. Commission on Elections, G.R. No. 181613, 25 November 2009 (Justice...
View ArticleAppointive Officials Not Deemed Resigned upon Filing of CoC (Quinto vs. COMELEC)
The rule in elections, as people know it, is that an appointed official is deemed automatically resigned from their positions once he/she files the Certificate of Candidacy (CoC) for any elective...
View ArticleProclamation 1959: Martial Law in Maguindanao
MALACAÑANG Manila PROCLAMATION NO. 1959 PROCLAIMING A STATE OF MARTIAL LAW AND SUSPENDING THE PRIVILEGE OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IN THE PROVINCE OF MAGUINDANAO, EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN AREAS WHEREAS,...
View ArticleNo One can be Imprisoned for Non-Payment of Debt
Perhaps you’ve heard someone making threats to file criminal cases against debtors who fail to pay. Yet you’ve heard the statement that no one can be imprisoned simply because of a debt. This is a...
View ArticleHostage-taking, Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention
Hostages and hostage-taking. We’ve heard these words in the unfortunate incident in the past few days. If the hostage-taker survived and he is charged, it would not be “hostage-taking”. Let’s have a...
View ArticleAnnulment in the Philippines: Questions and Answers (Part 5): Overseas...
We already have four installments on this topic (refer to Part I, Part II, Part III , Part IV), as well as related posts on annulment, legal separation, declaration of nullity and divorce. We’re trying...
View ArticlePrimer on the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009 (RA 9995)
There’s an alarming rise in reported complaints of nude photos, mostly of women, being posted without the consent of the subjects in social networking sites such as facebook. There’s also a...
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