Thus this revised edition, while keeping true to the original thrust of providing the technical and formal requisites that is manifest of legal writing — I have taken the liberty of including, as illustrative examples, a cacophony of legal and creative writing that not only accentuates one’s arguments and helps one’s ideas to come across, but to enhance the communication experience — that of elevating legal writing not only as a rudimentary and necessary skill in the field of law, but as an effective manifestation of creative expression.

The Education Law Compendium is envisioned to be the repository of education-related legal concepts, theories, and applicable terms. Beyond being just a dictionary, the Compendium serves as a handy reference tool not only to educators and learners, but to school administrators, academicians and every stakeholder in the field of Philippine education.

This humble work makes a very conscious effort in presenting and discussing philosophical concepts through their manifestation in the more tangible legal and political systems that we are more familiar with. Thus, instead of the usual exposition of heretofore nebulous philosophical concepts which was the usual fare in philosophical discussions, the adopted approach in this humble endeavor is to reduce said discussion as to how they influence our legal paradigm as we know them today — through the use of established jurisprudence rich in philosophical discussion shared by our esteemed jurists. In short, this work approaches the unknown — through ideas, systems and perceptions that are familiar to us — with the end in view of grasping and appreciating the dynamism between legal philosophy — its concepts, principles and schools of thought, with the development of our system of laws.