UNIVERSITY OF MAKATI SCHOOL OF LAW

LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING I First Semester, Academic Year 2018-2019 Caloy F. Cajucom

Please follow the instructions below and submit your work (in PDF format) by email (ocfcajucom@gmail.com) on or before midnight of Wednesday, January 9, 2018. This exercise is worth 30%
of your final grade. To avoid library availability issues, you are encouraged to complete this exam right away. This is an individual exercise, not a group work.

INSTRUCTIONS

Visit any law library and choose five local sources (e.g., Journal of the Constitutional Commission, Official Gazette, SCRA, Philippine Treaty Series, etc.) and five foreign or international sources
(e.g., USCS, USCA, AmJur, CJS, ICJ Decisions, U.N.T.S, etc.) listed in the syllabus. You may also use local or foreign sources of secondary authorities not discussed in the syllabus like journals and
other legal publications. Then:

a. Examine the actual hard copies of the sources and give a detailed description of each source (e.g., frequency of publication; nature of content; arrangement of the content; steps on how to
look up topics, cases, or any authority you are looking for; special features; etc.);

b. Indicate the citation format for each source.

c. Take a picture of yourself with the sources and photos of the portions of the sources in relation to your descriptions. Please include these photos in your submission.

d. Write a paragraph (no more than five sentences) discussing a legal concept / doctrine / principle that is tackled in each of your sources, complete with quotation marks (when proper) and
footnotes. Do not simply copy the content from your source.
The outline of your submission should look something like this:

A. Local Sources

1. Supreme Court Reports Annotated

a. Description with photo references

b. Citation format

c. Discussion of a legal concept / doctrine / principle tackled in the source

2. Ateneo Law Journal

a. Description with photo references

b. Citation format

c. Discussion of a legal concept / doctrine / principle tackled in the source

B. Foreign / International Sources

1. United States Code

a. Description with photo references

b. Citation format

c. Discussion of a legal concept / doctrine / principle tackled in the source

2. Harvard Law Review

a. Description with photo references

b. Citation format

c. Discussion of a legal concept / doctrine / principle tackled in the source

You will be graded based on the: (a) uncommonness and complexity of your chosen sources (25 pts.); (b) precision and intricacy of your source descriptions (45 pts.); (c) correctness of your
citation format (15 pts.); and (d) novelty of the legal concept you will discuss as well as the quality of your discussion (15 pts.).

If you have any question, please course it through your class beadle. Good luck!

LOCAL

THE IBP JOURNAL

VOL 33 NO. 2 SEPT 2008

VOL 35 NO. 1 AUG 2010

PHIL. LAW JOURNAL

VOL. 83 NO. JUNE 2009

VOL. 76 NO. SEPT 2001

SCRA 200

210

220

230

APPEALS IN THE PHIL. COURTS 2008

LEGAL WRITING

TABUCANAN, GIL MARVEL P.

TITLE INDEX TO SC DECISIONS

1986
LEGAL WRITING

JAVINES, FRANCISCO (1993)

DICTIONARY OF COMMENTARY

MAGALLONA, MERLIN M.

CIVIL PROCEDURE ANNONATED VOL. 2 (2001)

COMMENTARY AND JURISPRUDENCE

MARTIN TEODERICO (1988)

TORTS AND DAMAGES ANNOTATED

PINEDA (2004)

VOL 2

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE

ANNOTATED 2003

RODRIGUEZ
BASIC LEGAL WRITING

ULEP, MAURICIO

LEGAL AND JURIDICAL ETHICS

AGPALO, RUBEN (2009)

LEGAL AND JURIDICAL ETHICS

AGPALO, RUBEN (2009)

CORPORATION CODE ANNOTATED (

INSURANCE CODE ANNOTATED (2000)

PRIMARY SOUCES
 SECONDARY SOURCES PRIMARY

SHIELA LAW ON ARREST (2006) ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LEGAL RESEARCH (2002) - COMMERCIAL LAWS REVISED RULES OF CRIMINAL
LAW OF THE PHILIPPINES RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ PROCEDURES 110-127
ESTEBAL, ALEXANDER C.
ANNOTATED (2007) - CBSI (2003)

TIROL, JOSE MARI BENJAMIN

DEMI CORPORATION CODE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE PHILIPPINE LEGAL RESEARCH THE LAW ON PUBLIC COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN
ANNOTATED ANNOTATED (2003) (2007) - SANTOS-ONG, OFFICERS AND ELECTION REFORM LAW OF 1988 (2004)
MILAGROS LAWS (2014)
MIRIAM DEFENSOR - RODIGUEZ - CBSI
SANTIAGO
JUSTINE ELECTION CODE ANNOTATED LAWS AND JURISPRUDENCE BASIC LEGAL WRITING - ULEP, PHILIPPINE POLITICAL LAW OMNIBUS INVESTMENT CODE
ON GRAFT AND MAURICIO (1993) OF 1987 (E.O. 226) 2002
MIRIAM DEFENSOR -
CORRUPTION: A
SANTIAGO
COMPENDIUM (2006) -
VILLAROMAN, NOEL G.

RICH POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE LEGAL RESEARCH AND LEGAL THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION LAW
(2002) CITATION FOR THE CODE (2003) - CBSI
PHILIPPINES (2013) -
MIRIAM DEFENSOR -
SANTOS-ONG, MILAGROS
SANTIAGO

TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE

(2000)

MIRIAM DEFENSOR -
SANTIAGO

WWW.CYBER LAW. COM

VOLUME I 2010

AMADOR, VICENTE B.

RICH POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE WWW.CYBER LAW. COM LEGAL RESEARCH AND LEGAL THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION LAW
(2002) VOLUME I 2010 CITATION FOR THE CODE (2003) - CBSI
PHILIPPINES (2013) -
MIRIAM DEFENSOR - AMADOR, VICENTE B. SANTOS-ONG, MILAGROS SIDE PICTURE *
SANTIAGO
3 SIDE PICTURE * FRONT PICTURE *

1 SIDE PICTURE * FRONT PICTURE *

2
SIDE PICTURE * FRONT PICTURE*
SIDE PICTURE *
FRONT PICTURE *
FRONT PICTURE *

frequency of publication; A. Description with photo

references

B. Citation format
nature of content;
C. Discussion of a legal
concept / doctrine / principle
tackled in the source

arrangement of the content;

PREFACE

CONTENT

PROPERLY CITED IN THE

ANNOTATIONS

- HISTORY

MORE ON AMERICAN
JURISPRUDENCE EXCEPT FOR
THE ECOMMERCE ACT

BY CHAPTER THEN BY
SUBTOPICS

APPENDIX

TOPIC INDEX - ALPHABETICAL

CASE INDEX - ALPHABETICAL

steps on how to look up

topics, cases, or any authority
you are looking for;

TABLE OF CONTENTS, TOPIC

INDEX, CASE INDEX
 special features; etc.);

3. Supreme Court Reports

Annotated

d. Description with
photo references

e. Citation format

f. Discussion of a legal
concept / doctrine / principle
tackled in the source

ECOMMERCE ACT

frequency of publication;

nature of content;

arrangement of the content;

steps on how to look up topics, cases, or any authority you are looking for;

special features; etc.);

A. Local Sources

4. Supreme Court Reports Annotated

g. Description with photo references

frequency of publication;

nature of content;

arrangement of the content;

steps on how to look up topics, cases, or any authority you are looking for;

special features; etc.);

h. Citation format

i. Discussion of a legal concept / doctrine / principle tackled in the source

SECONDARY: BLACK’S LAW

DICTIONARY with
Pronounciation FIFTH
EDITION

RICH j. Description with photo

references

frequency of publication;

nature of content;

arrangement of the content;

steps on how to look up

topics, cases, or any authority
you are looking for;

special features; etc.);

k. Citation format

l. Discussion of a legal
concept / doctrine / principle
tackled in the source