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Feb 10, 2006 criminal law environmental law double jeopardy duplicity of charges mining law water code

Single Act, Multiple Charges: Duplicity and Double Jeopardy in Philippine Environmental Law

Explaining the Supreme Court ruling that one act can violate several environmental laws without violating double jeopardy protections.

Aug 11, 1997 criminal-law gross-ignorance-of-law judicial-ethics administrative-case sentencing revised-penal-code

Gross Ignorance of the Law: When Judges Overstep Their Authority

A Supreme Court ruling on when a judge's sentencing errors become gross ignorance of the law warranting administrative sanctions.