PACIFICO A.

AGABIN

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: EDUCATION: Undergraduate Graduate High School PRESENT POSITIONS:

03 July 1936; Badoc, Ilocos Norte

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University of the Philippines, LL.B., 1960 Yale Law School, LL.M., J.S.D., 1965 Field of Specialization: Constitutional Law Ilocos Norte High School (Valedictorian)

Professor II & Chairman (1998 - present) Constitutional Law Department Philippine Judicial Academy (unit of the Supreme Court) (Lectures before Judges on Developments in Constitutional Law) Member (2001 - present) Executive Committee, Philippine Mediation Center, ADR Department, Philippine Judicial Academy Practicing Lawyer, Partner (1997 - present) Agabin Verzola & Layaoen Law Offices (Specializes on appellate litigation) General Counsel (2007 - present) Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Handles cases of the IBP) Professional Lecturer on Constitutional Law, Legal History, and Legal Method (2003 - present) University of the Philippines College of Law

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PAST POSITIONS:

Dean and Professor of Constitutional Law, College of Law Lyceum of the Philippines University (2004-2009) Dean, College of Law University of the Philippines (1989-1995) External Counsel, Senate of the Philippines (2004-2009) (Handled cases for the Senate involving constitutional issues) Assistant General Manager for Legal Affairs National Development Company (1981-1986) Vice-President for Legal Affairs Philippine Airlines (1972-1980) Assistant Professor, College of Law University of the Philippines (1969-1972) Partner, Cruz Durian Agabin Atienza & Alday (1968-1972), (1986-1989) Legal Counsel, Malayang Samahang Magsasaka (MASAKA), National Federation of Labor Unions (1966-1968)

PUBLICATIONS: Books:
Mestizo: The Story of the Philippine Legal System (U.P. College of Law, 2011)

The Political Supreme Court (U.P. Press, 2011)

Author: Unconstitutional Essays (U.P. Press, 1996) 1997 National Book of the Year Award in Law

Editor: Republic of the Philippines Digest Ten-Volume Supplement (1968) Editor: Philippine Annotated Laws

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Four-Volume Supplement (1969) Recent Articles:

Chief Justice Puno and the Positive Concept of Liberty, in Puno Justice (Supreme Court Publication, 2010) Teaching Law as a Social Science, in CIDS, U.P. In Search of Academic Excellence (U.P. Press, 1994) Judicial Review of Economic Policy Under the 1987 Constitution (Phil. Law Journal, December 1997)

The Philosophy of the Civil Code 66 Phil. Law Journal 112 (1993)
Economic Interest Groups and Power Politics in the Philippines, 70 Phil. Law Journal 291 (1996)

HONORS:

Fellow, Canadian Judicial Education Institute, Dalhousie University, (2009) 1997 Natl. Book of the Year Awardee (Law) Manila Critics Circle 1996 Most Outstanding Law Alumnus (Legal Education) U.P. Law Alumni Association Yale Law School Fellowship (1962-1964) Holder, Sinco Professorial Chair in Administrative Law U.P. College of Law (1987) George Malcolm Lecturer in Constitutional Law University of the Philippines (1997) Holder, Commission on Audit Professorial Chair on Government Owned and Controlled Corporations, U. P. (1983-1986)
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

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