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3 days ago · On June 11, 1901, the Second Philippine Commission passed Act No. 136 entitled “An Act Providing for the Organization of Courts in the Philippine Islands” formally establishing the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands and creating Courts of First Instance and Justices of the Peace Courts throughout the land.
13 hours ago · Supreme Court: Court of Tax Appeals: Sandiganbayan: Office of the Court Administrator: Judicial Bar Council: Philippine Judicial Academy
5 days ago · Philippines - Case Law. (UniMelb staff & student access) includes completely up to date unreported decisions of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1901 to the present, with the complete text of the judgments, separate, concurring and dissenting opinions, footnotes, and headnotes and synopses for selected cases.
13 hours ago · MANILA, Philippines — For rape cases committed by force, threat, or intimidation, victims are not required to show proof of resistance against the act, the Supreme Court said. In the decision of ...
2 days ago · The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday confirmed that foreign divorce decrees do not require judicial proceedings abroad to be recognized in the Philippines. The High Tribunal, sitting en banc, ruled that Philippine courts can recognize divorces obtained abroad, whether through legal or administrative process or by mutual agreement. In the case of Republic vs. Ng, […]
3 days ago · International Commission of Jurists (2018) Philippines: Supreme Court decision removing its Chief Justice contributes to deterioration of the rule of law, 5 May.
2 days ago · Supreme Court of the Philippines - Government. The Supreme Court shall be composed of a Chief Justice and fourteen Associate Justices. It may sit en banc or, in its discretion, in divisions of three, five, or seven...
