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Proceedings before the Court of Appeals

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

Petitioners asserted anew their IP right to harvest the dita tree logs as part and parcel of the ...

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The Trial Court's Ruling

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

By Decision[16] dated August 24, 2010, the trial court convicted the accused, as charged, thus: ...

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The Case

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 224469

The Case This Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] assails the following dispositions of the Cou...

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SEPARATE OPINION

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 135385

MENDOZA, J.:This suit was instituted to determine the constitutionality of certain provisions of ...

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Corollary Issues

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 135385

  A.  IPRA does not violate the Due Process clause. The first corollary issue raised by petitio...

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Substantive Issues Primary Issue

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 135385

    The issue of prime concern raised by petitioners and the Solicitor General revolves around ...

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Preliminary Issues

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 135385

    A. The petition presents an actual controversy. The time-tested standards for the exercise...

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The Constitutional Policies on Indigenous Peoples

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 135385

    The framers of the 1987 Constitution, looking back to the long destitution of our less fort...

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A Historical Backdrop on the Indigenous Peoples

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 135385

The term "indigenous" traces its origin to the Old Latin word indu, meaning "within."  In the sen...

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SEPARATE OPINION

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 135385

VITUG, J.:An issue of grave national interest indeed deserves a proper place in any forum and, wh...

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CONCLUSION

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 135385

  The struggle of the Filipinos throughout colonial history had been plagued by ethnic and relig...

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V. THE IPRA IS A RECOGNITION OF OUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE INDIGENOUS INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT.

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The indigenous movement can be seen as the heir to a history of anti-imperialism stretching back ...

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IV. THE PROVISIONS OF THE IPRA DO NOT CONTRAVENE THE CONSTITUTION.

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A.  Ancestral Domains and Ancestral Lands are the Private Property of Indigenous Peoples and Do N...

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III. THE IPRA IS A NOVEL PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

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A. The Legislative History of the IPRA It was to address the centuries-old neglect of the Philip...

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II. THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS ACT.

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 135385

Republic Act No. 8371 is entitled "An Act to Recognize, Protect and Promote the Rights of Indigen...

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I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGALIAN DOCTRINE IN THE PHILIPPINE LEGAL SYSTEM.

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  A. The Laws of the IndiesThe capacity of the State to own or acquire property is the state's p...

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PRECIS

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  A classic essay on the utility of history was written in 1874 by Friedrich Nietzsche entitled ...

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PER CURIAM

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 135385

Petitioners Isagani Cruz and Cesar Europa brought this suit for prohibition and mandamus as citiz...

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[ G.R. No. 135385, December 06, 2000 ]

Supreme Court En Banc Decision GR # 135385

ISAGANI CRUZ AND CESAR EUROPA, PETITIONERS, VS. SECRETARY OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, S...

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CHAPTER XIII FINAL PROVISIONS

Republican Act 8371, October 29, 1997

  SEC. 78. Special Provision. – The City of Baguio shall remain to be governed by its Charter an...

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