Legal Protection of Children: A Case Study of The Philippines

Under the influence of rapid economic development and policy, the tendency of Taiwanese to go overseas for employment has gradually increased. However, in the face of limited foreign legal protection and the inability to extend the application of relevant domestic labor laws, there is currently a lack of protection for nationals working overseas; on the contrary, the Philippines, a major labor force going abroad adjacent to Taiwan (ROC), has plans for regulations, insurance systems, and care after returning to the country. It can be said that the protection of the rights and benefits of overseas workers is relatively sound. This paper reviews the literature and relevant laws and regulations, and cooperates with in-depth interviews to understand the labor rights issues that Taiwanese may face in overseas employment, and compare the differences in the systems of the two countries. We look forward to identifying the experience and methods that Taiwan (ROC) can use as a reference, and putting forward suggestions for policy and system improvements.

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Legal Protection Of Heirs Testamenter To Testament Agreement Which Not Registered (Case Study Testamenter Without Heirs)

Jurnal Akta ◽

10.30659/akta.v5i2.3097 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 421

Author(s):

Amalia Putri Prima Erdian ◽

Arief Cholil

Keyword(s):

Basic Result ◽

Legal Protection ◽

Public Official ◽

The Will ◽

The Creation ◽

Registered Case

Law of inheritance only happens because the person died. In BW there are two ways to get wealth, that is: as heirs according to the provisions of law and as a person appointed in the will. What is meant by the will itself according to Article 875 BW is an agreement that make statements about what he wished someone would happen after he died, and that by her to pull back. In general, people make a will before a Public Notary. According to article 1 paragraph 1 of Act No. 2 of 2014 concerning On Notary (now referred to UUJN). Notary is a public official who is authorized to make authentic agreements and other authorities referred to in the Act, where each testament must be shaped agreement in order to obtain certainty law as an authentic agreement binding. With the creation of the will meant that the parties can understand and be able to know the basic result of the offense can be arranged so that the interests of the concerned receive proper protection as known by the Notary.Keywords: Inheritance; Heir; Testament; Authentic Agreement

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Some Dilemmas of Political Consumerism

The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190629038.013.29 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 720-740

Author(s):

Sarah Webb ◽

Anna Cristina Pertierra

Keyword(s):

Middle Class ◽

Environmentally Friendly ◽

The Philippines ◽

Rural Poor ◽

Political Consumerism ◽

Palawan Island ◽

Class Distinction

In the Philippines, socioeconomic relations that result from deeply uneven market engagements have long made consumption a moral affair. Ecoconscious lifestyles and consumer practices remain largely the domain of elite and middle-class Filipinos, and as such, engagement with sustainable and environmentally friendly consumption may be seen not only as a marker of class distinction but also as a critique of urban and rural poor livelihood practices deemed to be environmentally detrimental. Focusing on a case study from Palawan Island, the chapter discusses some dilemmas that have arisen as the application of “eco” to tourism practices has become widespread and attractive to middle-class Filipinos with steadily growing spending power. The relevance of class to considering dilemmas of political consumerism is not unique to the Philippines, and these issues provide an opportunity to critically reflect on who benefits from political consumerism.

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Attrition as a bottom-up pathway to subnational democratization

International Political Science Review ◽

10.1177/01925121211019269 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 019251212110192

Author(s):

Trix van Mierlo

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Field Research ◽

Building Blocks ◽

The Philippines ◽

Causal Process ◽

Bottom Up ◽

System A ◽

Extensive Field ◽

Democratic System

Oftentimes, democracy is not spread out evenly over the territory of a country. Instead, pockets of authoritarianism can persist within a democratic system. A growing body of literature questions how such subnational authoritarian enclaves can be democratized. Despite fascinating insights, all existing pathways rely on the actions of elites and are therefore top-down. This article seeks to kick-start the discussion on a bottom-up pathway to subnational democratization, by proposing the attrition mechanism. This mechanism consists of four parts and is the product of abductive inference through theory-building causal process tracing. The building blocks consist of subnational democratization literature, social movement theory, and original empirical data gathered during extensive field research. This case study focuses on the ‘Dynasty Slayer’ in the province of Isabela, the Philippines, where civil society actors used the attrition mechanism to facilitate subnational democratization. This study implies that civil society actors in subnational authoritarian enclaves have agency.

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Levoglucosan and carbonaceous species in the background aerosol of coastal southeast China: case study on transport of biomass burning smoke from the Philippines

Environmental Science and Pollution Research ◽

10.1007/s11356-011-0548-7 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 244-255 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Yi-Nan Zhang ◽

Zhi-Sheng Zhang ◽

Chuen-Yu Chan ◽

Guenter Engling ◽

Xue-Fang Sang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Biomass Burning ◽

The Philippines ◽

Southeast China ◽

Carbonaceous Species

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Using BAD for good: how best available data facilitated a precautionary policy change to improve protection of the prey of the tiger Panthera tigris in Malaysia

Oryx ◽

10.1017/s0030605312000294 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 420-426 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Kae Kawanishi ◽

Gopalasamy Reuben Clements ◽

Melvin Gumal ◽

Gareth Goldthorpe ◽

Mohd Nawayai Yasak ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Prey Species ◽

Action Plan ◽

Legal Protection ◽

Camera Trapping ◽

Panthera Tigris ◽

Policy Changes ◽

Illegal Hunting ◽

Tapirus Indicus ◽

Prey Populations

AbstractTiger Panthera tigris populations are under threat from poaching and depletion of their prey populations. The National Tiger Action Plan for Malaysia contains several actions addressing the threat of legal and illegal hunting of tiger prey species. One action in this plan required an investigation of whether urgent policy changes were needed to improve the protection of the prey of tigers, based on existing data. As the lack of reliable baseline data prevented us from determining population trends accurately, we compiled camera-trapping data from 23 studies conducted between 1997 and 2008 on four principal tiger prey species (sambar Rusa unicolor, barking deer Muntiacus muntjac, wild boar Sus scrofa and bearded pig S. barbatus) and two potential prey species (gaur Bos gaurus and Malayan tapir Tapirus indicus) and compared their distributions and relative abundances. From 10,145 wildlife photographs spanning 40,303 trap-nights, sambar, bearded pig and gaur appeared to be most threatened given their restricted distribution and low relative abundance. Among these, the gaur has full legal protection and has received more conservation attention than the other two species. Following our assessment and advocacy a 6-year moratorium on hunting both sambar and barking deer was imposed by the Malaysian government and the highest protection status possible was afforded the bearded pig. This case study illustrates how best available data (BAD), in this case from camera-trapping studies, can be harnessed to effect precautionary policy changes to curb the impacts of hunting on threatened predator and prey populations that could crash well before resources would otherwise be available for rigorous scientific assessments.

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Conceptualizing International Labor Migration: A Structuration Perspective

International Migration Review ◽

10.1177/019791839502900201 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 317-351 ◽

Cited By ~ 86

Author(s):

Jon Goss ◽

Bruce Lindquist

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Labor Migration ◽

Structuration Theory ◽

The Philippines ◽

Levels Of Analysis ◽

International Labor ◽

Anthony Giddens ◽

Theory Of Structuration ◽

International Labor Migration

This article applies the theory of structuration to international labor migration using case study material from the Philippines. It first provides a brief review of the functional and structural approaches to understanding labor migration and the theoretical impasse that has been created between them. It then reviews several attempts to resolve this impasse, including systems and networks approaches; these solutions are rejected on theoretical and empirical grounds. We suggest that migrant institutions may be a more appropriate mid-level concept than households or social networks to articulate various levels of analysis. We develop this concept in the context of the structuration theory of Anthony Giddens and attempt to apply this to the Philippines, concluding that this framework is eminently suited for further research on international labor migration.

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