By Jose Mari BFU Tirol The goal of all teachers is to provide their students with the necessary information and directions for the purpose of stimulating their love of learning and to capacitate their sense of reflection and critical thinking. And from there, for them to make their own informed opinions and conclusions about matters
June 23, 2021
By Jose Mari BFU Tirol (The author is the dean of the College of Law of the University of San Agustin) The Civil Code of the Philippines contains more than 2,000 articles. Many have been amended, repealed, or supplemented by other laws; but its basic, i.e. foundational provisions – Articles 1 to 36 which comprise
June 19, 2021
By Jose Mari BFU Tirol (The author is the dean of the College of Law of the University of San Agustin) Many of my brethren and I inhabit two interrelated worlds: that of legal education and of legal practice. Like the rest of society, these two worlds have been severely affected by the Covid19 pandemic.
June 18, 2021
By Jose Mari BFU Tirol (The author is the dean of the College of Law of the University of San Agustin) The Court of Appeals recently dismissed in People v. Soriano and Trillanes IV the Solicitor General’s petition questioning the 2018 Order of RTC Makati City Judge Andres Soriano which denied the petitioner’s motion for
June 17, 2021
By Atty. Jose Mari BFU Tirol (The author is the dean of the College of Law of the University of San Agustin) Many years ago, the previous administration filed a case to assert our claims in the West Philippine Sea (which is not the same as the South China Sea, in the same way that
June 12, 2021
By Jose Mari BFU Tirol It is said that societies create laws to keep chaos at bay; where there is no law, there is only whim and force (Robbins, Law: A Treasury of Art and Literature [1990]). This complements an integral theme – justice – in the political theology of St. Augustine: “Remove justice, and
June 10, 2021
By Jose Mari BFU Tirol (The author is the dean of the College of Law of the University of San Agustin) “Science” is commonly understood to refer to chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, engineering, and other activities that involve persons in white lab coats using instruments to experiment on fluids, solids, and gases (all bodily and
May 31, 2021
By Jose Mari BFU Tirol (The author is the dean of College of Law of the University of San Agustin) The President has ordered the Philippine National Police to arrest and detain people who do not wear face masks. While the end sought is laudable – to stop the spread of COVID-19 – what of
May 17, 2021
By Jose Mari BFU Tirol (The author is the dean of the University of San Agustin College of Law) The Bill of Rights (Philippine Constitution, Article III) provides in part that no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press. But this does not mean that the
May 13, 2021