Mestizo: The Story of the Philippine Legal System

by Pacifico A. Agabin

Mestizo: The Story of the Philippine Legal System traces the pedigree of our legal system. It treats history of the civilian system and how it was imposed by Spain on the Filipinos over a period of more than 300 years. The book also deals briefly with the rise of the common law system in England and its mutation in America.

Genres: Law

434 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

Reviews

[Abraham Diaz]

Agabin’s Mestizo provides an informative, entertaining, and thought-provoking legal anthropological and historical account of the Philippine legal system—from its incipience, through its evolution in relation to the colonial legal systems imposed upon it, to its current manifestation in an era of globalization.

[Airei]

graduate school required reading (hehe)