Minor typos from Dimaampao

Some minor typos from Tax Principles and Remedies 2011 Edition by Japar B. Dimaampao:

Page 144:

Page 149:

An assassin returns from exile

This week we celebrated Ninoy's death anniversary.

And here's an account of Rufus B. Rodriguez about the event  on page 101 of his book Legal Research 2002 Edition:

One way to misunderstand the other last half of the compound sentence is to think that the assassin was returning from three years' exile when he was immediately killed by soldiers.

Midterms typos

Midterms this week with two subjects this evening. I am still looking for a copy of  the book assigned in Natural Resources by Prof. Pat Acabodillo.

In the meantime here are a few typos from Legal Research 2002 Edition by Rufus B. Rodriguez. The book has no updated edition but it is the recommended text in the Legal Research class under Prof. Jake Cimafranca.

Page 20:

Page 95:

I also have a problem with the use of had before published. My English teacher said that we should use  the simple past in this case.

Page 102:

Page 122:

Entangled in bad faith

In a previous post I wrote about Poquiz flummoxing me. On page 290 of De Leon's Comments and Cases on Sales and Lease, 2011 Edition we have this flummoxing sentence:

There is more than one way to untangle this which would get you a good grade in the Legal Writing class of Prof. Escobar:

1. It is upon those who allege the bad faith on the part of the possessor that the burden of proof rests.
2. Upon those who allege the bad faith on the part of the possessor rests the burden of proof.
3. The burden of proof rests upon those who allege the bad faith on the part of the possessor.

A Presidential Decree has rights, too

This post could also be titled "A Presidential Decree can be a Vendee" because that is what De Leon seems to point out on page 282 of Comments and Cases on Sales and Lease, 2011 Ed.:

Faulty parallelism

On page 124 of Tax Principles and Remedies, 2011 Ed. by Japar B. Dimaampao:

The class of  Prof. Escobar would notice that this is an example of faulty parallelism and would have corrected it this way:

. . . must not transgress any constitutional provision nor be repugnant to . . .

And somebody would also further suggest:

. . . must neither transgress . . .  nor . . .

Poquiz flummoxes

The word flummox reminds me of Jess Yap, my friend and former co-worker and my supervisor during his last 2 years in office before retirement. I used flummoxed  when I answered an e-mail from our Manila head office that was neither here nor there. People at head office are usually overbearing when dealing with people in the branches. And people in the regional branches can be overbearing with people in the sub-branches.

In this particular instance I cc'd Jess and he couldn't contain his amusement because I used the word to nettle my Manila correspondent who was trying to 'bullshit' me. From then on Jess would be saying flummoxed every time he felt I was not very clear on any topic.

Here's a portion of page 2 of Riano's book Labor Relations Law, With Notes and Comments, 2012 Edition:

Jess would surely say this one is very "flummoxing". I hope I'll not be as flummoxed as him when I wade further through Poquiz' book. He's a good lecturer. Let's see if he is also a good writer. Riano is both a good writer and lecturer.

Misplaced modifier

Looks like this is gonna be another grammar day. Yesterday we learned from Fr. Bernas a lesson in misplaced conjunctive adverbs.

From page 3 of Labor Relations Law with Notes and Comments, 2012 Edition by Salvador A. Poquiz:

At first glance my immediate question was: what national interest is under compulsory arbitration here? Until I realized that this was a case of a misplaced modifier. 

Under the Legal Writing class of  Prof. Gallardo A. Escobar, Jr., a student would have rewritten it this way:

However, the government plays an active role when it directly intervenes under compulsory arbitration in the resolution of a labor conflict that affects an industry indispensable to national interest.

Misplaced conjunctive adverb

Our weekly written report in Legal Research, under Prof. Jake Cimafranca, this week was about the political system of the Philippines.

Prof. Bernas was my preparatory source through his two books in my bookshelf. On page 1 of his The 1987 Philippine Constitution, A Comprehensive Reviewer, 2011 Edition I chanced upon this:

Methinks that it should be "However, because it sets down the origin, . . . ".  A rereading of a book does give one a fresh insight, even new discoveries such as a misplaced however.

Today is the birthday of Hal Langdon D. Merida. And, yeah, in the evening the law student body will hold its acquaintance at this place.