THE LEGAL FRONT When I reflect on my high school years, gratitude is the first thought that comes to mind, for the unique lessons and experiences that served me well throughout my life. High school coincides with the transition from boyhood to manhood, from the years under parental care and...
THE LEGAL FRONT With the school opening this August, freshmen law students would experience law school for the first time in their lives. This event should be as exciting and heady for them as it had been for me in 1970, or 53 years ago. Excitement, in my case, started on the first day of...
THE LEGAL FRONT My title might look strange to some readers as my listed subjects, on first reading, do not relate to one another. What brings them together, in my own mind, is causality – one subject, once started, unfailingly leads to another, until all three are wrapped up as one...
THE LEGAL FRONT Three factors led me to the topic of this column. First is our K-12 system of education that the country has been implementing since 2012. The system covers kindergarten, six years of primary education, four years of junior high school, and two years of senior high school, to...
THE LEGAL FRONT Trust is the “firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or of something.” In this sense, it is the basic foundation of our representative democracy which operates on the strength of trust: People entrust their care and welfare to periodically chosen...
THE LEGAL FRONT I lifted my title from the Beatles song “Let’s give peace a chance,” an anti-war song of the 60s-70s. Like John Lennon’s song, this article advocates action; it is an appeal to reason and to the better side of our nature – a plea for a kinder and more appreciative look at...
THE LEGAL FRONT (Part I) Atty. Arturo D. Brion, Ll.B, Ll.M. Much has been aired and written on the standards to apply in choosing our new President. The simplest (and perhaps the most authoritative) could be those drawn from our Constitution’s direct demands, from the roles the President is...
THE LEGAL FRONT Atty. Arturo D. Brion, Ll.B, Ll.M. (Part I) I shall soon return to the academe to teach law, a task that I have always loved. To my mind, teaching could be the best law-related activity – next only to law practice and to column writing – that a retired public servant can...
