Legal Philosophy for Filipinos

Gil Marvel P. Tabucanon

Yesterday, I received the complimentary copies of my book published by Rex Bookstore in Manila entitled Legal Philosophy for Filipinos. The book is dedicated to Baha’u’llah, the prophet founder of the Baha’i Faith, who wrote and commented extensively on global justice, the idea being that mankind has reached a point of maturity enough for it to accept and realize the concept of ‘oneness of mankind’ and the ‘fundamental unity of all the religions.’ But going back to legal philosophy let me share the preface I wrote in the book: Legal philosophy is not an easy subject to tackle; for that matter, it is not usually in the law students’ top ten list of favorite subjects. I base these observations from my more than seven years of teaching the course. I will cite three reasons why legal philosophy baffled law students in the past, and continues to do so at present among today’s supposedly...