House Prosecutor Chel Diokno asserted Monday that a Supreme Court (SC) ruling does not bar the presentation of evidence ...
As the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte’s continues, here are some of the legal terminologies that might have ...
Obiter dictum is a term used in legal parlance. It is the Latin term for 'something said in passing'. What is obiter dictum? Obiter dictum is a term used in legal parlance. It is the Latin term for ...
President Duterte will still not cooperate with any investigation that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may launch into the thousands of deaths in his war on drugs, despite a Supreme Court ...
Obiter dictum is something that is said in passing. It is an observation or opinion of the court but one not necessary to the decision at hand. It is sometimes a persuasive point but not relevant to ...
While obiter dicta give the opportunity to individual justices to elucidate their personal views or even stress submissions which may have been sidetracked or jettisoned, obiters have the tendency to ...