Making Martial Law Sexy
If at the start of reading this your eyebrow is already raised at the seeming irreverence of placing the words “Martial Law” and “Sexy” in the same phrase, then I trust that neither shall you find the prevailing situation in Maguindanao, Philippines any more comfortable. The November 23, 2009 gruesome gangland-style mass execution of fifty [...]
Proclamation 1959, void for “typographical error”?
Can a Presidential Proclamation having the force of law be voided on the basis of a typographical error? Thanks to UP Law Dean Marvic Leonen for pointing this out. Based on available internet copies, PGMA, in justifying Proclamation No. 1959 declaring Martial Law in Maguindanao Province, defined rebellion in this whereas clause: WHEREAS, R.A. No. [...]
My Classroom’s Online
In this Firefox tab is Multiply’s blog interface, while in another tab is my classroom. There are around sixty of us taking a common subject – Introductory Economics (Econ 11) – the class being composed of a variety of individuals ranging from the fresh high school graduate, to a paramedic somewhere in Cebu City, to [...]
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