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    ADDITIONAL

     Process of which international law is incorporated into


    Doctrine of
    domestic law through legislation by being concurred in by
    Transformation
    the senate

     Generally accepted principles of international law are


    Doctrine of
    automatically incorporated and adopted as part of the law
    Incorporation
    of the Land

     Issued by late president Corazon Aquino, it is the


    Milk Code promotion of the use of breastmilk and regulation of milk
    substitutes to lessen infant and child mortality
    Revised  Amendment to the milk code which includes prohibiting
    Implementing Rules the advertisement of breastmilk substitutes
    and Regulations

    Soft Law  Is a non-binding social norm adopted by states


    The issue is directly connected with the doctrine of
    transformation. It’s whether the DOH is acting within the
    limitations of the Milk Code which is transformed from the
    ICMBS to domestic or the WHA resolutions which have not
    CONNECTION TO
    undergone the process of legislation
    INTLAW
     The respondents claim that it is acting within the scope of
    the constitution through the Milk Code, but the
    subsequent WHA resolutions have not undergone the
    process of legislation to be part of the domestic law
    *Res Judicata  The final judgement of a court

    Prescription  Acquiring ownership in a specified period of time

    *Pacta sunt  Principle of good faith where agreements in international


    servanda law must be kept.

     Legal bar to denying or alleging a fact because of a


    Estoppel
    previous action or statement

    *Ex aequo et  The court’s consideration of what is fair and just


    bono depending on the situation

    *Stare decisis  Courts will uphold the decision of earlier courts


     values considered to be fundamental to the international
    *Jus Cogens
    community and cannot be overridden

     Necessary in customary international law necessary in


    *Opinio Juris establishing a legally binding custom
     Belief that the action is done due to legal obligation

     (INCORPORATION) Generally accepted principles of


    international law are automatically incorporated and
    adopted as part of the law of the Land
    Connection to
    INTLAW -
     The case is related to this doctrine as the Tripoli
    Doctrine of
    Agreement is almost exactly incorporated into the
    Incorporation
    Organic Act which is tailored according to the needs and
    demands of the religious and tribal population of the
    proposed area of autonomy.

     An agreement entered between the Philippine


    Government and the Moro National Liberation Front
    Tripoli establishing autonomy in the Southern Philippines, an
    Agreement establishment of an autonomous government, the
    incorporation of Sharia law and the observance of a
    ceasefire.
    INTER SE Among or between themselves

     Rights and obligations are only limited to certain parties

    AUSTIN’S THEORY Law is laid down by a political sovereign and is enforced with a
    OF LAW sanction

    AUSTIN’S DILEMMA Because the world is in anarchy, there is no supreme ruler to lay down
    international law. It also lacks an effective enforcement mechanism.

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