Sunday, March 26, 2017

Idle and nugatory construction

I am re-reading Agpalo's Statutory Construction. So I immediately felt that something was amiss in this passage on page 14 of a political law reviewer, 2015 edition:



I know I've met this phrase somewhere in Agpalo's text. And indeed there it was on page 626 of the 2009 Edition of the book:


Since the author quoted from Cooley's treatise, what better way than to check with it. This is the cover page of his ancient work:


Note the long title which reminds me of the complete title of Darwin's seminal book on evolution.

On page 92 Cooley wrote:


It seems the author missed a few words. Cooley's treatise is available here for download.

And yes, Darwin's book is also available for download here.

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Saturday typos, 25 March 2017

From page 9 of a political law reviewer, 2015 edition:


Saturday, March 18, 2017

Saturday typos, 18 March 2017

From a tax reviewer, 2015 edition:

Page 429,


Page 455,


Page 507,


Page 521,


Page 522,


Sunday, March 12, 2017

Sunday conundrum, 12 March 2017

What is a liability stroll?

Page 627 of Civil Code of the Philippines, Annotated, Vol V, 2013 Edition by Edgardo L. Paras:


Saturday, March 11, 2017

Saturday typos, 11 March 2017

A problem with zeros in a favorite textbook on the Civil Code, Vol. V, 2013 Edition:

Page 671,


Page 672,