The contract of real estate mortgage is probably one of the least understood contracts in the Philippines. One of the...

Lawyers are perceived to be verbose in their writings and speech. What a non-lawyer can say in a few words...

Communication is essential in order to make our societies bearable and livable. A hermit obviously shuns society and is in...

Another Harry Potter spell? No. This is a concept in Civil Law which entitles someone who intervenes for another’s affairs...

The Commission on Audit (COA) is in charge of making sure that funds and properties of the government are used...

During the height of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the right to travel of individuals including the right to change residence or...

Happy Easter! One of the longest religious holidays has to be the Holy Week. In this predominantly Catholic country, the...

The Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004 is a landmark legislation aimed at protecting women and their...

“Walang nakukulong sa utang!”  I can still clearly remember a story we read in grade 5 about a businessman who...

It is said that Latin is a dead language since it is not used by any group of persons but...

The 1987 Constitution provides: “All lands of the public domain, waters, minerals, coal, petroleum, and other mineral oils, all forces...

One of my professors in the college of law asked us a question: What are you going to do if...

Rape is one of the most repulsive crimes and it has sometimes been used in times of war to demoralize...

Not many know of the proceedings known as Escheat which can be initiated by the government in order to claim...

The prior referral of cases to the Katarungang Pambarangay is a policy which aims to declog the dockets of our...

The determination of the existence of a quorum is very important in formal proceeding or meetings. The usual formula is...

We cannot be in two or three places at one time. The physical impossibility of being in multiple places at...

The “non-establishment” doctrine as it is more popularly known in the United States, prohibits or discourages the state from promoting...

It is Christmas season once again. The Philippines has the longest Christmas season because we begin on the first day...

Time is a concept which is very difficult to explain or understand. Scientists, alchemists, philosophers, and ordinary people have dreamt...