By: Rowell Nico S. Macalino Ateneo de Manila University “Liberty and Prosperity under the rule of law.” This sounds like a very vague and broad statement at first glance. But nothing is ever too broad, too vague or too insurmountable to fathom. For me, liberty consists of freedoms. Our…
By: Summerson A. Macasarte St. Thomas More School of Law and Business Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “If a man does not have a job or an income, he has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for the pursuit of happiness.” This may sound astounding but…
By: Mikael Gabrielle E. Ilao University of Cordilleras INTRODUCTION Fear always comes with uncertainty. When a sports fan feels uncertain about his favorite team’s victory, he feels fearful that his favorite team may lose. When a person in love feels uncertain about how the object of his affection feels,…
By: Patrick Angelo M. Gutierrez Far Eastern University Liberty, prosperity and inclusivity From time immemorial there is a tussle between the authority of the state and the liberties of the people. It is even recognized as the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history dating back from the ancient times.1 But during the…
By: Maria Carissa C. Guinto San Beda University – Manila “The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience…The law embodies the story of a nation’s development through many centuries, and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics.”…