The Case for
Chapter 1
Group 1
Ma. Lotie
Baisy
Villamarin Villanoza
Keith
Ray
Raymond
Russel
Warren
Tabajonda
Soriano Tolentino
Lady of Justice
Lady of Justice is the ultimate
symbol of impartiality and
fairness that apply to everyone
regardless of power, religion,
race and stature.
Blind Justice
Theory
What are the
symbols of
Lady of
Justice?
Symbols of Lady of Justice
• Blindfold
• Scales
• Sword
• Toga
The Case for Law
• Legal Wisdom and Counsel
• Law's Likes and Unlikes
• Should Lawyer's Cast the
Philosopher's Stone?
• Case Reading: Pio Duran v.
Salvador Abad Santos (G.R. No.
L-9 9 , November 1 6 , 1 9 45 )
Law is nothing else but the best
reason of wise men applied for
ages to the transactions and
business of mankind.
-- Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S.
President, lawyer
Legal Wisdom
and Counsel
Ma. Lotie T. Villamarin
Lawyers
Philosophers
Law
Philosophy
Lawyers
Miscreants
LAW BREAKERS
• murder the truth
• twist the law
• defend the scum
of the society
• good at torturing
the English
language
• most despicable in
common
conversation
• pervert the
general reason
• damned,
doomed, dead
• "Lawyer- Liar"
William
Shakespeare
King Lear
Literature
Television and Film
Devil’s Advocate, 1998
Devil’s Advocate, 1998
Philosophers
• rambling trouble-makers
• penniless sage
• People who dare and tries to
tell and teach the realities
(contrary to the current
beliefs), will be confronted
with criticisms.
• People who dare to go out
and challenge the comfort
zone will experience hardships
and struggles.
Aristotle
(384–322 BC)
Socrates
Plato
(424/423
–
(470–399 BC)
348/347 BC)
Pilosopong Tasyo
Father of Filipino Philosophy
Dr. Florentino T. Timbreza
• 1st Filipino to author the 1st book on
Filipino Philosophy (Pilosopiyang
Filipino)
• 1st Filipino author to translate the Tao Te
Ching of Lao Tzu in Filipino language
(Ang Tao Te Ching ni Lao Tzu sa Filipino)
The Law
and
Lawyers
What is the
oldest law in
effect in the
Philippines?
Answer:
• Act No. 2031,
“Negotiable
Instruments Law”
which was enacted on
February 03, 1911.
• It is now 111 years old.
Law
• Law is an ordinance of
reason ordered towards the
common good, promulgated
by him who has charge of
the community. (Aquinas)
Lawyers
• A lawyer or attorney is a person
who practices law.
• One whose profession is to conduct
lawsuits for clients or to advise as
to legal rights and obligations in
other matters (Merriam Webster).
Philosophy and
Philosophers
Philosophy
• From the Greek words 'Philos' and
'Sophia', which means love and wisdom.
• Philosophy is the systematized study of
general and fundamental questions,
such as those about existence, reason,
knowledge, values, mind, and
language.
Philosophers
• A person who practices philosophy.
• A person who offers views or
theories on profound questions in
ethics, metaphysics, logic, and
other related fields.
(Dictionary.com)
What is the
most important
writing by
Socrates?
Answer:
None.
As Socrates did not write
philosophical texts. The
knowledge of the man, his
life and his philosophy is
entirely based on writing
by his students and
contemporaries.
Philosophers
Lawyers
Philosophers
• WISDOM
Lawyers
• COUNSEL
• Jewish philosopher
who reported for
the New Yorker on
the 1961 trial of
Nazi officer Adolf
Eichmann.
Hannah Arendt
• Introduced
'Banality of Evil'.
Evil transcends when we refuse to act with
reason, when we follow orders without
thinking, when we refuse to be human.
“There is only one
good, knowledge,
and one evil,
ignorance.”
-- Socrates
Philosophy of Law
LOVE of the
WISDOM of
the LAW
References
• Philawsophia: Philosophy
and Theory of Philippine
Law, Bernardo & Bernardo,
2 01 7
• Internet readings and
searches
“Knowing yourself
is the beginning of
all wisdom.”
-- Aristotle
Thank You!
Ma. Lotie T. Villamarin