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