In re shoop, 41 Phil 231 (1920) SC en Banc Facts: Max Shoop, already admitted to practice law in N.Y.

and practiced for five years in the said state, requested to be admitted to the Philippine Bar. The pertinent rule to be applied, by comity, is the N.Y. rule for admitting lay wers to practice without examinations subject only to the discretion of the N.Y. Appellate Division. The paragraph 2 of the said N.Y. rule states that: "Any person admitted to practice and who has practiced five years in another cou ntry whose jurisprudence is based on the principles of the English Common Law" Issue: Whether the jurisprudence of the Philippines is based on the principles of the E nglish Common Law as required by the paragraph 2 of the N.Y. rule for admission to the bar in the said state Decisions. Yes. The Philippines, after the change of sovereignty from Spain to the U.S., ha s adopted the principles of the English Common Law through the present-day form of the Anglo-American common law. The Philippines, in deciding cases, adopts the common law principles subject to the limitation where the old civil law theorie s of Spain as applied to the country are well-defined and when the theories and precedents of the Anglo-American cases are inconstent with the local customs and institutions. This principle is named the Philippine common law.

Lidasan v. Comelec G.R. No. L-28089 October 25, 1967 SC en banc. Facts: A statute, RA 4790, took effect on June 18, 1966. The republic act was entitled "An Act Creating the Municipality of Dianaton in the Province of Lanao del Sur". RA 4790 creates a new municipality of Dianaton within Lanao del Sur with the se at found in Togaig, a barrio within the municipality of Buldon in Cotabato and a dditionally it annexes several barrios of two municipalities(namely that of Para ng and Buldon) in Cotabato, which is also outside of Lanao del Sur. Bara Lidasa n, a resident and taxpayer of the detached portion of Parang, Cotabato requested for certiorari and prohibition and declare RA 4790 as unconstitutional as its T itle is misleading and invoked the provision of the Constitution that the title of a bill is to be couched in a language sufficient to notify the legislators an d the public and those concerned of the import of the single subject thereof. Issue: Whether the title of RA 4790 "An Act Creating the Municipality of Dianato n in the Province of Lanao del Sur" satisfies the provision of the Constitution that the title of an act must be sufficient to notify the public and others conc erned of its substance. Decision: No. RA 4790 entitled "An Act Creating the Municipality of Dianaton in the Provi nce of Lanao del Sur" is misleading since this not only creates a municipality (namely, Dianaton) within Lanao del Sur but also annexes several barrios of the two municipalities of Cotabato, that of Parang and Buldon.

Dissenting: Fernando, J. The said provision of the Constitution must be construed liberally as this has b een the general disposition in all courts, as opposed to the strict interpretaio n of the Supreme Court. Thus, the title of RA 4790 is sufficient to inform the pub lic of its substance, namely, the creation of the Municipality of Dianaton in th e province of Lanao del Sur.