PHILIPINE MANUAL OF © LEGAL CITATIONS MYRNA S. FELICIANO. aMrvErstry oF Hur COLLECT 3" viatsrepom Dinas Cuma Se College of Law University of the Philippines 199% UP, | cnusseor ut AMAT CANFl COPYRIGHT, 1999 By the Authors ty ISBN Ng, ye ’ 4a s “ery h Pubishod by #4 * INFORMATION ANO;PUBLICATION DIVISION UP. LAW COMRLRK \ Primed oft yet + - PREFACE ‘This Manual is @ response to a long-felt need in legal research and writing, “it should be stressed thet, on the whole, the working rules it contains have been evolved in practice, In mimeographed form. the Manual has been usedin the legal writing course at the U.P. Collage of Law and the Conter’s continuing lagal education program. The method of citation in the Philiogine Law Journal is based on this Manual This present work would not have been possible without the initiative of the former Dean of the U.P. Collage of Law, retired Supreme Court Justice Vieenta Abad Santos, who in 1987 constituted the three of Us into a committee to prepare a uniform system of legal citation. This Manual grew out of that assignment. The publication of this Manual was made a project of the U.P. Law Center by the then Director Froilan Bacungen, in the furtherance of logal scholarship. Legistative and judicial changes necessitated the fith revision of this work, and the additonal ‘consideration that the previous edition has gone out of print. IRC. MSF. MMMCONTENTS INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER mw PRIMARY SOURCES A. Court Decisions... B, Statutory Materials... SECONDARY SOURCES ‘A. Books and Pamphlets B. Collection of Essays or . Periodical Articles 1D. Newspapers E, Annotations... F Letters, Speeches and interviews. G. Encyclopedias H. Looseleat Services |. Book Reviews J. Internet Sources: FOREIGN SOURCES ‘A, Court Decisions B. Statutory Materials . Secondary Materials UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SOURCES: ‘A. United Nations ... B. League of Nations . Intemational Court of Justice D. Permanent Court of Intorational Justice .. E International Arbitrations so F. Other Intornational Court G. Other Intemational Bodies... 40 44 44 45 45 46 46