LEGAL PHILOSOPHY REPORTING

4-year course

 Submit to me a hard copy of your assigned report.

 1st and 2nd reporters will report on January 6, 2018
 3rd and 4th = January 13, 2018

SOURCES: ONLINE and the Book of Tabucanon

GROUP 1
 Intro to Philippine Legal Philosophy
 Historical Background
a. Pre-Spanish Period
b. Spanish Period
c. American Period
d. Commonwealth Period
e. Period of the Republic

GROUP 2

 JURISPRUDENCE
 FIVE SCHOOLS of Jurisprudence
1. naturalism
2. positivism
3. realism
4. formalism
5. critical legal studies
 Nature of Philippine Jurisprudence

GROUP 3
 CONCEPT OF LAW
A. Law as rules
B. Law as process
 Common Characteristics of Law
a. Obedience
b. Generality
c. Promulgation
d. The rule of Law
e. Is international law true law?

Case Study: Adolf Eichmann case

GROUP 4
 Law within religious dogma and tradition
a. Code of Hammurabi
b. John Calvin
c. Inquisition

 Law and Religion

A. Jewish Law
1. Torah
2. Mishnah
3. Responsa

 Human Rights in Jewish Law

 Human Rights in Islamic Law
 Human Rights in Canon Law
 Law as Custom
a. Savigny’s doctrine of the historical school
b. Ehrlich’s sociological approach into the nature of law
case study: Katarungang Pambarangay

GROUP 5
 Law and Justice
 Significance of Justice
 Aristotle on Justice
 Justice of obedience to a higher law
Social justice
Case: Calalang vs. Williams
 Legal Interpretation