The DOCTRINE OF INCORPORATION means that the rules of International law form part of the law of the land

and no legislative action is required to make them applicable to a country. The Philippines follows this doctrine, because Section 2. Article II of the Constitution states that the Philippines adopts the generally accepted principles of international law as part of the law of the land. international law is part of the municipal law automatically without the necessity for the interposition of a constitutional ratification procedure.

The DOCTRINE OF TRANSFORMATION is based upon the perception of two distinct systems of law operating separately, and maintains that before any rule or principle of international law can have any effect within the domestic jurisdiction, it must be expressly and specifically 'transformed' into municipal law by the use of the appropriate constitutional machinery. This doctrine grew from the procedure whereby international agreements are rendered operative in municipal law by the device of ratification by the sovereign and the idea has developed from this that any rule of international law must be transformed, or specifically adopted, to be valid within the internal legal order. Legal principle that the provisions of international law are enforceable in a jurisdictions if they are adopted through customary use, court decisions (precedence), or legislation.