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Law Libraries and Legal Documentation in the Philippines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2019

Myrna S. Feliciano
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The Philippines, an archipelago of 7,107 islands, (about 2,000 of which are inhabited) with a land area of 115,600 square miles, has a population of 42 million. Some 87 major dialects are spoken all over the islands. English and Filipino are the official languages with English as the medium of instruction in higher education. According to the latest census, the literacy rate is 83.4 per cent. Agriculture constitutes the largest single sector of the economy. The Philippines has a total labor force of 14.2 million.

Filipino culture is a blend of East and West, although foundationally and originally Malay. Its Eastern heritage – the result of centuries of interaction with neighboring countries of Asia – is a synthesis of three mainstreams: the Malay, Chinese and Hindu. Its Western cultural traits are the result of her colonization by two Western powers: Spain and the United States.

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International Journal of Law Libraries , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , November 1976 , pp. 176 - 187
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Copyright © International Association of Law Libraries 1976 

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1 Neda Statistical Yearbook of the Philippines, 1975, 4–5; Philippines (Republic) Four-Year Development Plan Fy 1974–1977, 332 (1973).Google Scholar

2 Alvarez Sanchez v. U.S., 216 U.S. 167, 30 S.Ct. 361, 54 L.Ed., 432 (1910); In re Shoop, 41 Phil. 213 (1920). See also Gamboa, an Introduction to Philippine Law, 72 (7th ed., 1969) and Fernandez, Sixty Years of Philippine Law, 35 PHIL. L. J. 1396 (1960).Google Scholar

8 Proc. No. 1081, s. 1972, 68 O.G. 7624 (Sept., 1972).Google Scholar

4 Pres. Decree No. 557 (1974), 70 O.G. 8450–L (Oct., 1974).Google Scholar

5 In this survey, the Directory of Special Library Resources and Research Facilities published by the Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines in 20 ASLP BULL. 2–105 (1974) and the Directory of Libraries of the Philippines published by the University of the Philippines Library in 1973 were consulted. The statistics therein contained were updated either through interviews or follow-up letters.Google Scholar

6 Figures given by Director Antonio Dumlao of the Bureau of Higher Education, Department of Education and Culture.Google Scholar

7 This amended the part pertaining to Law Schools found in the Manual of Regulations for Private Schools (7th ed., 1970).Google Scholar

8 This was formerly under the supervision of the Department of Justice before the effectivity of the 1973 Constitution.Google Scholar

9 There are other government department libraries such as the Central Bank Library, which possess legal collections but were omitted in this survey because such materials are included in their general collections.Google Scholar

10 Data furnished by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.Google Scholar

11 REV. ADM. CODE, sec. 1644.Google Scholar

12 Rep. Act No. 3870 (1963).Google Scholar

13 Id., sec. 1, par. 4.Google Scholar

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