Adolfo Azcuna

Infobox Philippine Supreme Court Associate Justice
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name=Adolfo S. Azcuna
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term start= October 24, 2002
term end=
predecessor= Santiago M. Kapunan
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appointer=Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
date of birth= Birth date and age|1939|2|16|mf=y
place of birth= Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte
date of death=
place of death=
spouse= Maria Asuncion Aunario

Adolfo S. Azcuna (born February 16, 1939) is an incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. . He was appointed to the Court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on October 24, 2002.

Profile

Associate Justice ADOLFO S. AZCUNA was born in Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte on February 16, 1939, the son of the late Felipe B. Azcuna and Carmen S. Sevilla. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with academic honors, at the Ateneo de Manila in 1959 and the degree of Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, at the same institution in 1962. He was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1963, placing 4th in the 1962 bar examinations. He forthwith embarked on a government career as Assistant Private Secretary of then Presiding Justice Jose P. Bengzon of the Court of Appeals in 1963 and, thereafter, upon the appointment of the latter to the Supreme Court in 1964, as his Private Secretary

Justice Azcuna taught International Law at his alma mater, Ateneo de Manila, from 1967 to 1986. In 1982, he completed post-graduate studies in International Law and Jurisprudence at the Salzburg University in Austria.

Representing Zamboanga del Norte, he was elected as member of the 1971 Constitutional Convention. Subsequently, he was appointed as a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission. He held several government posts during the term of President Corazon C. Aquino, first as Presidential Legal Counsel, then as Press Secretary and subsequently as Presidential Spokesman. In 1991, he was appointed Chairman of the Philippine National Bank. On October 17, 2002, he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Justice Azcuna’s major publications include “International Sales of Goods,” “Transnational Law Practice,” “International Law Teaching in the Philippines,” “Doing Business in the Philippines,” “Foreign Judgment [Monetary] Enforcements in the Philippines,” “Piercing the Veil of Corporate Entity: From Willets to Santos,” “ASEAN Conflict of Law,” and “The Supreme Court and Public International Law.”

Justice Azcuna is married to Maria Asuncion Aunario, a professor of St. Scholastica’s College. They have four children: Anna Maria, Ma. Beatriz, Ma. Margarita and Miguel Enrique. Source: SC Public Information Office

Gregory Santos Ong Unprecedented Case

Since the creation of the Philippine Supreme Court in 1901, no presidential appointment of a Supreme Court Associate had ever been nullified by the High Tribunal. But on July 3, 2007 Azcuna's judgment made history. The Court granted the petition of two foundations that sought to block Gregory S. Ong’s appointment over the citizenship issue. Azcuna wrote that Ong would be unable to join them on the bench "until he had proven in court that he was a natural-born Filipino citizen and corrected the records of his birth and citizenship". The court declared its decision to be final and effective immediately. [ [http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news3_july4_2007 Supreme Court shuts door on Gregory Ong] ]

Some notable opinions

* [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2003/jun2003/154705.htm "Republic of Indonesia v. Vinzon (2003)"] — "on a foreign state's immunity from suit"

* [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2004/mar2004/161434_azcuna.htm "Tecson v. COMELEC (2004) - Separate Opinion] " — "on the nationality of presidential candidate Fernando Poe, Jr."

* [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2004/jun2004/160732.htm" MWSS v. Hon. Daway (2004)] " — "on corporate rehabilitation of MWSS

* [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2004/aug2004/162777.htm "Chavez v. COMELEC (2004)"] — "on scope of advertisement ban covering candidates for senatorial candidates"

* [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2005/feb2005/120721.htm "Abello v. CIR (2005)"] — "on taxability of political contributions for donor's tax

* [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2005/sep2005/168056_azcuna.htm "ABAKADA v. Ermita (2005) - Concurring and Dissenting"] — "on constitutionality of 2005 Expanded Value Added Tax Law"

* [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/G.R.%20Nos.%20169838%20169848_CPR.htm "BAYAN v. Ermita (2006)"] — "on constitutionality of rally permit requirement and policy of calibrated preemptive response"

* [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2006/october2006/174153_azcuna.htm "Lambino v. COMELEC (2006) - Separate Opinion"] — "on people's initiative as a mode to amend the Constitution"

References

External links

* [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/justices/j.azcuna.php Justice Adolfo S. Azcuna (Official Supreme Court Webpage)]