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Criminal Procedure: Rules and Jurisprudence
The handbook contains the Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure (A.M. No. 00-5-03-SC, effective December 1, 2000) and cognate jurisprudence; it also includes the general principles and settled doctrines in criminal procedure. It is fervently hoped that this little work will serve its avowed purpose.
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Evidence: An Annotated Guide
This handbook on the 2019 Amendments to the Revised Rules on Evidence (A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC) is primarily intended to be a reference or guide (vade mecum) for law students and bar reviewees.
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Constitutional Interpretation
The principal aim of this humble work is to be informative rather than to be critical. The book does not purport to be a complete list, or an exhaustive or definitive account, of the modes or theories of constitutional interpretation.
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Desk-Book for Philippine Notaries
It has been four years since the first edition of this book was released in the year 2010.
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From Rural to Global (The Taguig Story)
This provision reflects the country’s commitment to promoting peace, non-aggression, and cooperation with other nations in line with international law and diplomatic principles. The Philippines, like many other countries, advocates for the peaceful resolution of conflicts and disputes through negotiation, dialogue, and international cooperation.
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Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System with Related Laws and the Constitution
This provision reflects the country’s commitment to promoting peace, non-aggression, and cooperation with other nations in line with international law and diplomatic principles. The Philippines, like many other countries, advocates for the peaceful resolution of conflicts and disputes through negotiation, dialogue, and international cooperation.
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Public Safety and Criminal Justice System
These constitutional provisions reflect the commitment of the Philippine government to uphold public safety, protect individual rights, and maintain peace and order in the country. They provide a framework for the government’s actions and policies in ensuring the well-being and security of the Filipino people.
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Fundamentals of Human Rights Law
This book is primarily intended to serve as either the comprehensive text to supplement Constitutional Law II with its renewed focus on Constitutional and Human Rights or for students in law schools which offer a separate course on Human Rights Law.
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Intellectual Property Code
On a more serious note, this material is based on my course outline which I have been using for the past decade. It highlights the bar examination questions since 1985 to 2017 and salient Supreme Court decisions in every topic.
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Negotiable Instruments in a Nutshell (Act No. 2031)
On a more serious note, this material is based on my course outline which I have been using for the past decade. It highlights the bar examination questions since 1987 to 2015 and salient Supreme Court decisions in every topic. The codal provisions are reproduced in the latter part of the book, for reference purposes. May this book help you in the fulfillment of your dreams.
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Primer on the Revised Corporation Code (Republic Act No. 11232)
This book showcases the author’s personal “unique” writing style. It is the best companion for law students and bar examinees as it explains the Revised Corporation Code and refers to current jurisprudence as well as bar examination questions for the past two decades.
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Reviewer in Commercial Law (Volume 1)
This volume covers Corporation Law, Securities, Partnership and Transportation Law.
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Corporation and Basic Securities Law
Like all other materials, this is based on my course outline which I have been using for the past decade. It highlights provisions which were changed under the new law, salient bar examination questions from for the past two decades (yes, kasama na itong katatapos lang na 2020-21 Bar) and recent Supreme Court decisions up to 2021.
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Handbook on Insurance Law (RA 10607)
On a more serious note, this material is based on my course outline which I have been using for the past decade. It highlights the bar examination questions since 1975 to 2018 and salient Supreme Court decisions in every topic.
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Violence Against Women and their Children
This book transcends the boundaries of a traditional legal text. It is a compass for practitioners navigating the intricate legal framework surrounding the law on Anti-Violence against Women and their Children. Through careful analysis and insightful commentary, Professor Tagupa demystifies the nuances of legislation, offering clarity to those who seek to enforce and uphold the rights of women and children.
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Treatise on Sexual Harassment
This book will thus provide the stakeholders information about the concept of sexual harassment under Republic Act No. 7877 and Republic Act No. 11313, the three-fold liabilities of the offender, and the duties and obligations of the different players tasked to do something to end sexual harassment.
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Post-Conviction Relief: Probation
The realization that there is no publication that covers all the relevant legal anchors on probation compelled the author to put in writing what she had gathered and learned in the course of her work as a member of the judiciary.
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Defining Legal Insanity
One of the causes which will overthrow the presumption of voluntariness and of intelligence of a person who stands charged with a crime is insanity. Nonetheless, such defense is solely hinged on the Revised Penal Code that neither describes nor explains the concept.
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Child in Conflict with the Law
The Book Child in Conflict of Law by Judge May Hazel M. Tagupa is perhaps among the very few on the subject on juvenile justice.
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Avenues for Settlement in Labor Arbitration
This book therefore seeks to introduce the learners, and practitioners, of law on these procedures as applied to labor arbitration in the various agencies of the Department of Labor and Employment. With these provisions, perhaps, inadvertent miscarriage of labor justice may be prevented, and a vast majority of the wage earners can taste the sweet nectar of their hard work in
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Special Proceedings (Book 2)
A Compilation of the latest Special Laws and Supreme Court Circulars subsumed under Special Proceedings, with Jurisprudence, Administrative Orders, Implementing Rules and Regulations, as well as excerpts from published materials and Lectures of the Author
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Special Proceedings (Book 1)
A Compilation of new and amending Republic Acts, Recent Supreme Court Circulars and Jurisprudence, Administrative Orders, Rules and Regulations, and excerpts from published materials and Lectures of the Author
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The Art of Presentation of Evidence (With the Corresponding Objections)
Additional illustrations on the presentation of evidence on direct and cross examination, the introduction of documentary and object evidence, as well as the formal offer thereof, are also integrated in this revised edition.
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The Rules of Court in a Nutshell
In the Preface of the 1st Edition, it was stated: “It is true that law is one versatile and dynamic of all branches of knowledge. As these rules were modified, amended, supplemented and / or revised through the years, so were these presentations. The most recent are the 2019 Rules on Civil Procedure and the 2019 Revised Rules on Evidence, both which took effect on 01 May 2020.”
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Labor Laws
In the years that I was given the privilege of teaching Labor Laws in different law schools, certain topics are combined into one subject. Such are Agri-Soc Laws (Agrarian Labor Laws in relation to Social Legislation); Labor Standards combined with Social Legislation; Labor Relations which include Termination Of The Employer – Employee Relationship. The following therefore is a compendium of these subject matters in relation to pertinent labor laws.
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Obligations and Contracts
An obligation is a juridical relation whereby a person (called the creditor) may demand from another (called the debtor) the observance of a determinative conduct (the giving, doing or not doing), and in case of breach, may demand satisfaction from the assets of the latter.
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Know Your Rules: Special Civil Actions
This book is the first part of my Know Your Rules series, which shall cover the entire Rules of Court and other procedural laws.
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Civil Law is a Journey: The Guide
The question-and-answer format which the authors adopted, combined with a succint discussion of the theory behind the law, as supported by jurisprudence and comparative charts, will certainly help both lawyers and lawyers to be to understand the intricacies of Civil Law.
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Wills and Succession
This book hopes to address this need. This book is the culmination of more than a quarter of a century’s worth of classroom discussion, and is designed to complement classroom instruction. Significant cases are cited (albeit edited to exclude extraneous matters) to illustrate the application of the law, and commented on, whenever there is a reason to disagree with the conclusions reached by the court.
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The Negotiable Instruments Law, Notes and Cases
The law merchant was codified in England in 1882 as the Bills of Exchange Act. In the United States, there was pressure to codify a similar set of laws in order to eliminate the conflicting provisions among the rules adopted by the different states. The efforts were successful. A parallel set of laws was codified in the United States as the Uniform Negotiable Instruments Law.
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Obligations and Contracts (Volume 2)
An obligation is a legal relationship between two or more persons where one of them, called the creditor or obligee, may demand of the other, called the debtor or obligor, the fulfillment of a prestation.
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Obligations and Contracts (Volume 1)
An obligation is a legal relationship between two or more persons where one of them, called the creditor or obligee, may demand of the other, called the debtor or obligor, the fulfillment of a prestation.