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Three days ago, the president had revoked the Executive Order 464, or known in the Philippines as Executive Previlege. This was made after an intensed call from the Catholic Bishops to abolish said Executive Order in the light of the ZTE Scandal faced today by the government. But what really is EO 464? What is its effect? Does it make a difference now that it was abolished by the president? Is

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They say that Philippines has one of the best constitutions in the world. Not only does it provide for the fundamentals of the government, but it emphasizes the Rights of each and every Filipino- even foreigners(to some extent). This, as they say, what makes Philippines a democratic country- a country for the people, of the people and by the people.But that is not the real thing. As a student of

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Article three (3) of the Civil Code of the Philippines is very clear that " Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance therewith."What does this mean? From decisions of the Supreme Court, this provision of law is very heavy. It means that every person is pressumed to know the laws, and that it is an invalid defense in court that one doesn't know the existence of a law punishing the act

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It is a very well founded maxim in law that "every person must, in the exercise of his rights, and in the performance of his duties, act with justice, give everyone his due, and obeserve honesty and good faith." art. 19 Civil codePolitics on the other hand emphasizes that with great powers comes great responsibility. But Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely...These two realms (

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"Power Corrupts, and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely?" I am a neophyte member of this known law school fraternity- The Fraternal Order of Saint Thomas More (Tau Mu). And it was my first time to witness the much awaited once in a year event of the brotherhood- election. Unlike other fraternal orders, Tau Mu is simply unique and the best. It has no constitution and by-laws, but the word of its

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I was so surprised when I saw on TV a comment of a European member of Parliament who visited a depressed area in Manila- the capital city of the Philippines. The focus of her statement was "human dignity." She commented that the situation in the place is so dehumanizing. It seems that the people living there are deprived of their dignity as human beings. Further, she said that in their country,

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Dependency Theory, theory of economic development that emerged in the 1960s. Dependency theory addresses the problems of poverty and economic underdevelopment throughout the world. Dependency theorists argue that dependence upon foreign capital, technology, and expertise impedes economic development in developing countries..Until the 1960s, the prevailing theory of economic development, known as

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Whenever I hear the word freedom, the first thing that comes into my mind is being freed from all barriers of a person’s happiness. So as authenticity, I perceived this word as something related to freedom but just that it’s more profound because for me it represents the true “You.”Therefore, when one person is free, he/she has the chance to be authentic because freedom leads to authenticity.But

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The September 11 terrorist attack of the World Trade Center in New York, USA placed the world into confusion and anxiety. It marked a great turning point to US’s power, influence and hold on all nations in the world and bequeathed a big question especially to the US as superpower, on the capabilities of terrorists to harass and place the world in catastrophe and danger.With this happening,

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