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050 _aKPM 3466
_b.V836 2012
100 _aVitug, Marites Dañguilan.
_940160
245 0 _aHour before dawn :
_bthe fall and uncertain rise of the Philippine Supreme Court /
_cMarites Dañguilan Vitug.
264 _aQuezon City :
_bCleverheads Publishing,
_c©2012.
300 _a319 pages
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
520 _aHOUR BEFORE DAWN takes the reader to what might have been the darkest hour of the Philippine Supreme Court, when its integrity was compromised by the actions of its Chief Justice, who was subsequently impeached, and by a series of highly irregular reversals of its own rulings. It reveals a court seemingly subject to political pressure, disbursing funds for questionable purposes, and abetting plagiarism by one of its own members, and yet placing itself beyond criticism even by the country's top lawyers and academics. It chronicles the most open and contentious clash between the executive department and the Court. But the book is also a record of how a staunchly independent minority within the court stood up for what was right, giving hope for the rebirth and reorientation of one of the country's most vital institutions. (Source: http://www.amazon.com)
650 _aJudicial corruption
_951859
650 _aPhilippines. Supreme Court.
_zPhilippines.
_2sears
_992943
942 _cIRC
999 _c83966
_d83966