The SC E-Library

by Milagros Santos-Ong Chief, Library Services The Supreme Court E-Library was conceived when Justice Antonio T. Carpio volunteered to Chair the Committee on Library and Printing on April 2, 2004. After six months on October 2004, a soft launching was made in Iloilo during the Philippine Judges Convention. The launching of the online or first web- based, fully searchable digital library in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia was made on November 19, 2004.

Puts all laws, decisions and rules and regulations in the Judges fingertips

Every judge in the Philippines must have at his fingertips all the decisions of the Supreme Court, all laws passed by Congress and all rules and regulations of the government from 1901 to present. The ELibrary aims to provides judges all the legal information needed in decision making. Serves as the primary research tool needed in the speedy and effective administration of justice

The E-Library is available in two mode:

1. Honorable Justices and Judges

CD version - Updated every six (6) months by mail - Specifically for those who do not have internet connections; CD automatically opens upon inserting it in the CD drive . For any problem, you may contact us through the following numbers: Tel. No. 5242706; 521-7223

2. Honorable Justices and Chief of Staff, Judges, Clerks of Court, SC Chiefs of Offices and all lawyers
INTERNET/ ONLINE VERSION - The first fully searchable web-based library not only in the Philippines but also in Asia. This Library is a Library that never closes for it is 24 hours a day, seven days a week (24/7). Privilege ends upon retirement or separation to the Judiciary . http://elibrary.supremecourt.gov.ph

In case you forgot the E-Library website address, you can go to the Supreme Court website: http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph.

In order for Judges to be able to use the Internet version, the Judge must first register on-line with the E-Library which contains a database of all the authorized users. At present, the authorized users are the Justices, Judges, Clerks of Court of all courts, SC lawyers.

All those with yellow * must be filled out. USER NAME and PASSWORD are information known only by the person who registered. Registration is done only ONCE. In case you forgot your PASSWORD, inform us so that we can cancel registration. You have to register again. If there is any problem in registering please contact us by: Email: support-elibrary@supremecourt.gov.ph Tel. No. 5242706; 521-7223

CONTENTS

JURISPRUDENCE Published and unpublished decisions of the Supreme Court from 1901 to the present. Also included are: (1) Extended Resolutions that resolve a motion for reconsideration or those that explain or affirm a decision; and (2) Administrative Matters. PROJECT COMUSDEC This is an ongoing project of the E-Library to retrieve the missing Supreme Court decisions from 1901-1945. The majority of the original decisions of the Supreme Court at the Reporter's Office were destroyed during the Second World War. Volumes 9-10, 12 (1908), 13-14 (1909), 1517 (1910), 18-20 (1911), 21 (1912), 56 (1931), 57 (1932), 58 (1932), 58 (1939) of the Philippine Reports list all the unreported Supreme Court decisions. A search for these unpublished decisions was made in various libraries in the Philippines and in the United States. However, as the search continues, more unreported decisions have surfaced for the years not covered in the list found in the Philippine Reports.

COURT ISSUANCES RULES OF COURT Rules of Court Criminal Procedure, 1900 (General Order No. 58) Civil Procedure, 1901 (Act No. 190) Rules of Court, 1918 Rules of Court of First Instance, 1919 Rules of Court, 1940 Rules of Court, 1964 Special Proceedings, 1964 Civil Procedure, 1997 Criminal Procedure, 1985 Criminal Procedure, 1988 Criminal Procedure, 2000 Evidence, 1989 Administrative Matters Circulars & Orders

LAWS Malolos Constitution 1935 Constitution 1973 Constitution 1986 Freedom Constitution 1987 Constitution Comparison of Constitutions Constitutional Proceedings

Legislative Enactments Acts - 4,275 public acts enacted by the Philippine Assembly from 1901-1935. They are cited as: "Act No. ___." Commonwealth Acts - 733 laws passed from 1935 - 1946 cited as: "Com. Act No. ___". Batas Pambansa - 844 laws passed by the Batasang Pambansa (Philippine Parliament) from 1979-1985 and cited as: "Batas Blg. ___". Presidential Decrees - 2,034 enactments of the President from 1972-1986 when the Philippines was under Martial Law. These are cited as: "Pres. Decree No. ___". Republic Acts - Congressional enactments from the declaration of Philippine Independence in 1946 until the declaration of Martial Law in 1972. These congressional enactments were resumed in 1987 when the present Congress was organized under the 1987 Constitution. There are now over 9,000 Republic Acts which are cited as "Rep Act. No. ___". 13th Congress 12th Congress Sharia'a Law

Legislative Department

Senate of the Philippines (http://www.senate.gov.ph)

House of Representatives (http://www.congress.gov.ph

EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES/ PRESIDENTIAL ISSUANCES Office of the Press Secretary Online.htm; http:www.ops.gov.ph).

Executive Orders 1986 TO PRESENT Administrative Orders Presidential Proclamations Memorandum Circulars Memorandum Orders 2004 to PRESENT

NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER (NAR) Administrative Code of 1987 (Executive Order No. 292 s. 1987).

 Presidential Directives and Issuances Administrative Orders Executive Orders Memorandum Circulars Memorandum Orders Proclamations Republic Acts

Executive Branch
The following are the Departments under the Executive Branch: http://www.gov.ph/directory); (http://gov.ph/gov.links/)
Department of Agrarian Reform (http://www.dar.gov.ph) Department of Agriculture (http://www.da.gov.ph) Department of Budget and Management (http://www.dbm.gov.ph) Department of Education (http://www.deped.gov.ph) Department of Energy (http://www.doe.gov.ph) Department of Environment and Natural Resources (http://www.denr.gov.ph) Department of Finance (http://www.dof.gov.ph) Department of Foreign Affairs (http://www.dfa.gov.ph) Department of Health (http://www.doh.gov.ph) Department of Interior and Local Government (http://www.dilg.gov.ph) Department of Justice (http://www.doj.gov.ph) Department of Labor and Employment (http://www.dole.gov.ph) Department of National Defense (http://www.dnd.gov.ph) Department of Public Works and Highways (http://www.dpwh.gov.ph) Department of Science and Technology (http://www.dost.gov.ph) Department of Tourism (http://www.dot.gov.ph) Department of Trade and Industry (http://www.dti.gov.ph) Department of Social Welfare and Development (http://www.dswd.gov.ph) Department of Transportation and Communications (http://www.dotc.gov.ph) There are specific bureaus and offices directly under the Office of the President (http://www.op.gov.ph)(http://www.gov.ph/govlinks/oofceofpres_departments.asp).

 PHILIPPINE LEGAL RESEARCH

Milagros Santos-Ong

Website address of other government agencies are given such as Civil Service Commission, etc. How to cite legal information/CITATIONS

REFERENCE BENCHBOOKS (1) Benchbook on the Application, Computation and Graduation of Penalties; (2) Benchbook on Corporate Rehabilitation; (3) Benchbook of Trial Judges MANUALS OF CLERKS OF COURT MANUAL OF JUDICIAL WRITING LAW JOURNALS COURT SYSTEMS JOURNAL PHILJA JOURNAL PHILIPPINE LAW JOURNAL A COMPILATION OF SUPREME COURT RULINGS ON ELECTION CASES (1901 - 2001) CATALOGUE OF BOOKS OF THE SUPREME COURT AND LOWER COURT LIBRARIES INDEX TO PHILIPPINE PERIODICALS Author/Title and Subject index MEMORABILIA

TYPES OF SEARCH 1. TYPE THE WORDS OR PHRASE CHOICE OF THE TYPE OF SEARCH MAY BE FOUND UNDER THE BOX WHERE THE WORD OR PHRASE IS TYPED ON THE LEFT PART 2. THE CHOOSE THE TYPE OF SEARCH OF 6. HITSSCREEN OR THE MATERIALS WHICH ANSWER TO YOUR SEARCH WILL BE DISPLAYED ON SCREEN 3. CHOOSE WHAT INFORMATION IS NEEDED 1. ANY OF THE WORDS These materials will be ranked. The highest percentage with the information which is considered as the most 4. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE ON THE INFORMATION NEEDED OR 2. ALL OFrelevant THE WORDS YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR ALL, CLICK ALL 7. CLICK FIRST HIT - the full text will be displayed and the 3. EXACT PHRASE word or phrase that you are looking for will be highlighted IF YOU ARE USING THE INTERNET version, if the tried the decision and the result is negative or zero, type ALL and it will 4.8. BOOLEAN CLICK NEXT HIT if you would like to see the next search for all materials in the E-Library. 9. Writing decisions will be facilitated to in computerization. Other features atthe thephrase bottomyou were able search, If Search you would like tofound quote IF YOU ARE USING THE CD version, the Allthe is only for all the 1. Stemming Finds grammatical on Just highlight the whole phrase variations and CLICK EDIT endings on the top materials in the CD like Decisions. You have to change CD if you object objected, objectivity mostExample: on the left side.for Then click copy. Then paste in the would like find Continue LAWS. for continuous, continuing, decision that you are drafting. Legal for legality, legally etc. 5. FINALLY CLICK SEARCH 2. Fuzzy search Words are found even though they are misspelled Example: Moslim, Labour, , legalise

HOW STEPS TO TO SEARCH TAKE

HOW DO WE USE THE E-LIBRARY

1. NO USERNAME/PASSWORD 2. USERNAME PASSWORD a. By Court b. Judiciary wide

LET US NOW SEE HOW EACH WORKS

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH