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2019 Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure
In response to the suggestion from bar candidates, court users and lawyers to update this book, the Author decided to come up with this 2021 Edition to include and insert in the discussion the salient features of the amendments introduced by RA 11576 on matters of jurisdiction over the subject matter. This updated Edition also includes some of the recent decisions of the High Court that emphasized the application of the amended rules.
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Legal Counseling for Practicing Lawyers
Legal Counseling for Practicing Lawyers (2015) Judge Recaredo Barte
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Political Law Reviewer
The author likewise has been motivated by a desire to dwell on the recent amendments and doctrines that are not easily accessible to those who fail to avail of the Supreme Court Reports of appealed cases and resolutions by courts of lower level that have either been reserved or modified by the high court.
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Labor Law
Despite the overflowing copies of books and review materials dealing on labor law in various bookstores countrywide, there still is a wide gap existing that necessitates for a more comprehensive and thorough learning of our labor laws, which should help fine-tune the present circuitous and sluggish settlement of disputes between the labor sector and employers in this country.
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Insurance and Pre-Need 555
The author of this reviewer on the Law of Insurance [Insurance Code (R.A. No. 10607) and Pre-Need Code (R.A. No 9829)], Deputy Commissioner Erickson H. Balmes of the Insurance Commission and a former Undersecretary, Department of Justice, has ensured this by complying with all that are desirable in a reviewer. This book is the first reviewer of its kind. The contents have been culled from the lessons and lectures prepared by him as a Professor of Law for the past 18 years; as a Bar Review and MCLE lecturer; and as a member of the UP Law Center Committee on the Suggested Answers to the Bar Examinations in Commercial Law.
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Ethics 300
Having planted a lot trees in his annual outreach programs for the environment and being a doting and devoted father to my good friend, Eunice Lorin or EULO, the release of Professor Balmes’ first law book, ETHICS 300 Relevant Questions and Answers in Legal and Judicial Ethics, A Pre-week Companion, completes the trifecta referred to above.
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International Human Rights Law and Human Rights Law in the Philippines
In this book’s Part One on International Human Rights Law, it is fascinating to note how Rey starts with some historical and even philosophical discussion, and then ends with Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender (LGBT) Rights In Part Two on Human Rights Law in the Philippines, he starts with its constitutional history before going to the Constitution’s Bill of Rights of the libertarian tradition of civil and political rights, followed by its Social Justice Article reflecting the new or second generation economic, social and cultural rights. One gets a sense of convergence, correspondence or counterparting between the earlier discussed (in Part One) “International Bill of Rights” and the current 1987 Philippine Constitution.
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Remedial Law Reviewer Volume 2
Coming up with this iteration of the Remedial Law Reviewer was brought about by the need to keep in step with the amendments to the Rules of Court.
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Remedial Law Reviewer Volume 1
Coming up with this iteration of the Remedial Law Reviewer was brought about by the need to keep in step with the amendments to the Rules of Court.
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Property Law
This book has not been arranged in the usual manner under the Civil Code. But it has been arranged in such a manner that the author(s) attempt to make it more comprehensible to the reader; and allow an overall picture to be developed on the subject.
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Political Law Reviewer
The 2022 edition includes jurisprudence from the year 2020 – 2021. This book covers recent political law discussion on a wide range of topics from international law to the delegated powers of the local government. This latest edition also contains interesting discussion on search warrants, presidential immunity from suit and the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
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Philippine Government and Constitution
Preamble, The State, Police Power, Power of Eminent Domain, Taxation, Immunity of the State from Suit, National Territory, Declaration of Principles and State Policies, Bill of Rights, Citizenship, Suffrage, Separation of Powers, Delegation of Powers, Legislative Department, Executive Department, Judicial Department, Constitutional Commission, Local Government, Accountability of Public Officers, National Economy and Patrimony, Social Justice and Human Rights, Education, Science, Technology, Arts, Culture and Sports, The Family, Amendments or Revisions
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Legal and Judicial Ethics Reviewer
The introduction of the New Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (A.M. No. 22-09- 01-SC) has necessitated a new edition of this book.
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Land Titles and Deeds
The author wishes to apologize to the readers for the release of a new 2023 edition of this book; so soon after the release of a 2022 edition.
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The Revised Penal Code Annotated – Book One
This second edition is needed due to some recent development affecting criminal jurisprudence. This edition then includes the amendments introduced by R.A. 10951 which amended Articles 9 and 26 of the Revised Penal Code, the ruling of the Supreme Court affecting the civil liability, among others. The student will also find this edition convenient since as an appendix, the duly amended Book 2 of the Revised Penal Code is annexed in its entirety. -
Handbook on Pleadings: Basic Rules and Forms
Writing judicial pleadings can sometimes be extremely intricate. The controversial legal issues involved in a case and the numerous rules and voluminous jurisprudence applicable in a given set of facts, immensely contribute to the predicament. In this volume, citations of basic relevant provisions of the Rules of Court, up-to-date court rulings and various practice forms are modestly presented as convenient and useful reference.
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High Profile Cases Book 2
Relive what you have read decades ago splashing the newspapers such as the involvement of the son of a Justice of the Supreme Court, bizarre rape and gruesome murder of a UP Los Baños coed by a deviant town mayor, gang rape of two sisters by scions of prominent families in Cebu where the body of one of the sisters remain unaccounted up to this day, and recently, the unprecedented impeachment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court! All these and more you will find in the newly-released 2 volume edition of High Profile Cases by Atty. Fernando B. Duque.
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High Profile Cases Book 1
Relive what you have read decades ago splashing the newspapers such as the involvement of the son of a Justice of the Supreme Court, bizarre rape and gruesome murder of a UP Los Baños coed by a deviant town mayor, gang rape of two sisters by scions of prominent families in Cebu where the body of one of the sisters remain unaccounted up to this day, and recently, the unprecedented impeachment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court! All these and more you will find in the newly-released 2 volume edition of High Profile Cases by Atty. Fernando B. Duque.
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The Law on Government Procurement Contracts
Commentaries on the Provisions in the Approval, Execution, Implementation, Warranties and Termination; and the Uniform Guidelines for Blacklisting of Manufacturers, Suppliers, Distributors, Contractors and Consultants
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Trademark Law of the Philippines
The Trademark Law of the Philippines is one of the three component subjects of Intellectual Property Law, the others being the Copyright Law of the Philippines and the Patent Law. Its importance is underscored by the fact that it is a bar subject under Commercial Law. Trademark Law is an important element in business, and in general, in the economy of the country. Its role in identifying products spurs commercial success and economic activity.
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Reviewer on Local Governance
The book provides quick and easy access to up-to-date and settled legal opinions of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and jurisprudential pronouncements of the Supreme Court on recurring legal issues affecting local governance.
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The Local Government Code Revisited
Let this Code guide the Filipino in his daily crusade for the good, for honor, and for a life enriched with remembrance and hope for the future.