Curriculum Vitae

MARLON JULIANO MANUEL

National Coordinator
Alternative Law Groups, Inc. (ALG)
Room 216, Benigno Mayo Hall (Institute of Social Order)
Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights
Quezon City, Philippines
(632) 4268569 (telefax);
secretariat@alternativelawgroups.org; mjmanuel19@yahoo.com

41 years old
Married

19 January 1970
Height: 5 11

Filipino
Weight: 170 lbs.

Member, Philippine Bar

Fifth (5th) place, 1994 Bar Examinations
Marlon J. Manuel is the National Coordinator of the Alternative Law Groups (ALG), a
coalition of twenty (20) non-government organizations in the Philippines that adhere to
the principles and values of alternative or social development-oriented law practice.
These organizations have distinct programs for legal assistance that is primarily
concerned with the pursuit of public interest, respect for human rights, and promotion of
social justice.
From 2001 until 2007, he served as Executive Director of Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap
Panligal (SALIGAN), where he spent more than a decade of his work as a lawyer.
SALIGAN is a legal resource non-governmental organization doing developmental legal
work with farmers, workers, the urban poor, women, and local communities. Founded in
1987, SALIGAN is one of the oldest and biggest members of the Alternative Law Groups
(ALG). SALIGAN operates in different areas throughout the Philippines and has more
than one hundred (100) partner-organizations all over the country. SALIGANs major
activities include litigation, education, policy reform work, and research and publications.
Marlon J. Manuel is a Professor and Bar Review Lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila
University School of Law, where he has been teaching since 1996, and at the University
of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law. He specializes in Labor Law and
Constitutional/Political Law. He is a fellow of the Social Weather Stations (SWS), a
non-stock, non-profit, social research organization.
Marlon J. Manuel started his legal practice in 1994 when he joined the SyCip Salazar
Hernandez and Gatmaitan law offices. After one and a half years of work as an
associate at the said law firm, he decided to shift to alternative lawyering. From 1996,
he has gained one and a half decades of experience in social justice and human rights
lawyering. Among the most notable cases that he has handled are the public interest
cases against Executive Order 464, Proclamation 1017, and the attempt to change the
1987 Constitution (where he had the opportunity to speak before the Supreme Court
during the respective oral arguments of the three cases), and the case involving the
farmers of Sumilao, Bukidnon (where he served as one of the farmers lead counsel).
He is currently involved in the dispute at Philippine Airlines, acting as lead counsel for
the PAL Employees Association (PALEA), and the case that involves Hacienda Luisita,
acting as counsel for a group of farmers.
He has combined his involvement in strategic litigation on human rights and public
interest issues with his education activities. He has deep involvement in justice and
human rights education, not only as a law school professor, but also, and more
extensively, as a grassroots community educator, continuously practicing and
advocating the principles of education for people empowerment as he work with farmers,
workers, and other vulnerable groups. He is also actively involved in policy reform work
on social justice and human rights legislation, and in justice system reform work on
improving access to justice by the poor.

EDUCATION

Ateneo de Manila University School of Law

Juris Doctor (1994)
Second Honors; Evelio Javier Leadership Award;
President, Ateneo Law Student Council (1993-1994)
Ateneo de Manila University, College of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Science (1990)
Management, major in Legal Management (Deans List)
High School - St. Augustine College, Baliuag, Bulacan (Salutatorian)
Grade School - St. Marys Academy, Baliuag, Bulacan
(Honorable Mention)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Coordinator, Alternative Law Groups (ALG). The Alternative Law
Groups (ALG) is a coalition of twenty (20) non-government
organizations in the Philippines that adhere to the principles
and values of alternative or social development-oriented law
practice. These organizations have distinct programs for legal
assistance that is primarily concerned with the pursuit of public
interest, respect for human rights, and promotion of social
justice. ALG members operations cover a wide area of
concerns involving justice issues of the poor and marginalized
groups in the Philippines. These include issues on women,
labor, peasant, fisherfolk, children, urban poor, indigenous
peoples, persons living with HIV-AIDS, local governance, and
the environment. At the heart of the ALGs developmental law
program is the dual work of empowering the marginalized, and
effecting justice system reforms. (2008-present)
Partner, Dellosa Mendoza Bag-ao and Manuel (DMBM) law firm
Professor and Bar Review Lecturer, Ateneo de Manila University
School of Law (1996-present)
Vice-Chairperson, Labor Law Department (2000-present)
Jose B. L. Reyes Chair in Law and Humanities (School Year
1998-1999, 1999-2000)
Raymundo Dizon Professorial Chair in Political Law (School
Year 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003)
Jose R. Paras Professorial Chair (School Year 2003-2004;
2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 20102011)
Professor and Bar Review Lecturer, University of Santo Tomas
Faculty of Civil Law (2010-present)

Executive Director, Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal,

(SALIGAN). SALIGAN is a legal resource non-governmental
organization doing developmental legal work with farmers,
workers, the urban poor, women, and local communities.
Founded in 1987, SALIGAN is one of the oldest and biggest
legal resource non-governmental organizations in the
Philippines. (2001-2007) (Associate, 1996- 2001; Coordinator -Local Governance Unit, 1999-May 2001)
Professor, College of Law, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
(2004-2006)
Professor, Ateneo de Manila University, Department of Development
Studies (2002-2003); Department of Political Science (19981999)
Associate, SyCip Salazar Hernandez and Gatmaitan law offices
(1994-1996)
CURRENT AND RECENT POSITIONS
Chairperson, Alternative Law Groups, Inc. (ALG), (2006-2007)
Member, Council, ALG (2004-2006)
Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Partnership of Philippine Support
Service Agencies (PHILSSA), a national network of nongovernmental organizations that focus on urban development
and urbanization issues. (2003-2005)
Member, Board of Trustees, PHILSSA. (2001-2007)
Member, Board of Trustees, Kaisahan Tungo sa Kaunlaran ng
Kanayunan at Repormang Pansakahan (KAISAHAN), a legal
resource non-governmental organization focusing on agrarian
reform and rural development. (2004-present)
Member, Non-Government Organization Sectoral Council, National
Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), a national council formed at
a national assembly of Philippine NGOs pursuant to the Social
Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act. (2001-2010)
Member, Executive Committee, Legal Network for Truthful Elections
(LENTE) (2007-present)
Member, Board of Trustees, Philippine Action for Community-led
Shelter Initiatives, Inc. (PACSII), a non-government
organization that works for the empowerment of the urban poor,
and advocates for participatory, consultative, progressive and
responsive policies that address the needs of the sector. (20062007)

PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATOR

In his seventeen years of law practice, Marlon J. Manuel has acquired extensive
experience in the litigation of various types of cases, both on the side of the
plaintiff/prosecution and on the side of the respondent/defense. Among the
cases that he has handled are labor cases, agrarian cases, criminal cases for
rape and other forms of violence against women, and civil cases involving the
enforcement of environmental laws. In addition to his experience with the regular
courts and quasi-judicial bodies, he acted as defense counsel in a case before
the Sandiganbayan, where he successfully obtained the acquittal of a municipal
mayor who was wrongfully accused of graft for his efforts to stop a highly
anomalous midnight transaction.
In 2006, he had the rare opportunity to be involved as counsel, and to argue
before the Supreme Court en banc in the respective oral arguments of three
high-profile public interest cases. These are the cases involving Executive
Order No. 464, which prohibited members of the Cabinet from appearing before
congressional inquiries (Senate of the Philippines v. Ermita, G.R. No. 169777),
Proclamation No. 1017, which declared a state of national emergency in the
country (David v. Macapagal-Arroyo, G.R. No. 171396), and the failed attempt to
change the Constitution, through the peoples initiative process (Lambino v.
COMELEC, G.R. No. 174153).
From the early stage of his law practice, Marlon J. Manuel had been consistently
involved in public interest cases, representing vulnerable and marginalized
groups, such as workers, farmers, women, indigenous peoples and local
communities. In 2000, he acted as counsel for a number of non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) and peoples organizations (POs) that challenged the
constitutionality of a provision in the year 2000 General Appropriations Act which
placed P10 Billion of the local governments Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA)
under Unprogrammed Funds. In an en banc decision that was rendered in
2005 (ACORD v. Zamora, G.R. No. 144256), the Supreme Court granted the
petition and declared the Year 2000 GAA unconstitutional insofar as it set apart
P10 Billion of the IRA as Unprogrammed Funds.
In 2007 and 2008, he was involved as one of the lawyers of the farmers of
Sumilao, Bukidnon, who challenged San Miguel Corporations (SMC) ownership
of a 144 hectare land that had earlier been given to the farmers under the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. In addition to his involvement in the
actual litigation of the case, he also acted as spokesperson for the Walk for
Land, Walk for Justice campaign, which involved a historic 1,700 kilometer
march of fifty five (55) farmers, from Sumilao, Bukidnon in Northern Mindanaw,
to the streets of Metro Manila.
Marlon J. Manuel is currently involved in two major public interest cases. He is
the lead counsel of the Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA),
which is defending itself and its members against the planned mass termination
by Philippine Airlines. He also acts as counsel for a group of farmers of
Hacienda Luisita who are challenging the constitutionality of Section 31 of
Republic Act No. 6657, the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (which allows
Stock Distribution Option), and the validity of the Hacienda Luisitas Stock
Distribution Option Agreement.

JUSTICE EDUCATOR
Marlon J. Manuel has deep involvement in justice education, not only as a law
school professor, and lecturer in bar review courses and in Mandatory Continuing
Legal Education (MCLE) programs for lawyers, but also, and more extensively,
as a grassroots community educator, continuously practicing and advocating the
principles of education for people empowerment as he works with farmers,
workers, informal settlers and other vulnerable groups. He has ably combined
his strategic litigation work with education activities on human rights and public
interest issues.
In his grassroots education work, he has significantly contributed to bringing the
law and the justice system closer to the people, and in enhancing the capacity of
the people to assert their rights and to use available legal remedies within the
justice system. From 1996 until the present, he has not only acted as resource
person in many legal literacy activities, he has also designed training programs,
prepared training materials, and acted as a trainer and mentor for trainers.
In 1998, he participated in the conceptualization and module writing of the Basic
Orientation Course in Local Governance for the Barangay-Bayan Consortium, a
consortium of more than 100 organizations that worked on local governance
issues. In 1999, he prepared a Training Module on Local Legislation for the
Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas
(PhilDHRRA) under the Governance and Local Democracy (GOLD) project
supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
In the years 1998 and 1999, he assisted the Education for Life Foundation (ELF)
in the conceptualization and preparation of an innovative education program, a
manual on local governance for the organizations Distance Learning Program.
From 1999 to 2000, Marlon J. Manuel assisted the Antique Federation of NonGovernment Organizations (AFON) in the implementation of the Barangay
Justice Service System (BJSS), a project supported by the Gerry Roxas
Foundation. He designed the training module and acted as resource person.
In the years 2000 and 2001, Marlon J. Manuel acted as one of the consultants of
the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in its project,
Gender Mainstreaming in Local Legislation and Policy Formulation. He helped
design the training module and acted as resource person in the training of
trainers. In 2002, he participated in the design and implementation of the
project, Local Government Support Program (LGSP) in selected areas in
Northern Mindanaw, focusing on local legislation and Executive-Legislative
Agenda Formulation. Again, in 2005, he was part of a training team of the LGSP
for the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanaw (LGSP-ARMM), for an
education program on local legislation for officials of ARMM municipalities.
In 2007, Marlon J. Manuel acted as a resource person in a Trainers Training
Workshop organized by the Ateneo Human Rights Center and the Alternative
Law Groups for law professors who would handle Human Rights subjects in their
respective law schools.
In 2009, he was one of the lead trainers in a Gender Sensitivity and
Mainstreaming Trainers Training Workshop for the Men Opposed to Violence
Against Women Everywhere (MOVE), an organization of men, mostly from
government offices, who committed themselves to be actively involved in the
elimination of violence against women (VAW).

GOOD GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCATE

Marlon J. Manuel is a staunch advocate of good governance and justice
system reform. He has combined his education activities and his involvement
in strategic litigation, with policy reform work on social justice legislation, and in
governance and justice system reform work. His advocacy has always

focused on accountability of public officers, including the administrators of

justice, citizens participation in governance and justice system reform, and
the enhancement of the peoples access to justice. He has consistently
advocated for the improvement of the respective capacities of institutions
and administrators of justice, on one hand, to deliver justice, and of the
people, on the other hand, to access the justice system and to seek
remedy for violation of rights. He has participated in policy discussions
and congressional hearings on proposed legislation on various human
rights, social justice, good governance and accountability issues.
In 2008, he supported the organizing committee of the Supreme Court in
the preparation and actual conduct of the Forum on Increasing Access
to Justice: Bridging Gaps and Removing Roadblocks. The forum,
which was held on June 30 to July 1, 2008, simultaneously in three
different venues in the country, gathered leaders and members of
marginalized and vulnerable groups to discuss problems hindering their
access to justice, and to identify recommended actions to the Supreme
Court and other government agencies.
In the years 2003 and 2004, he became part of a team of experts of the
Social Weather Stations (SWS) that conducted the twin Surveys of
Judges and Lawyers on the Changes in the State of the Judiciary and
the Legal Profession in the Philippines. In the following year, 2005, he
was also involved in the conduct of the follow-up study, the Survey of
Judges: A Diagnostic Study of the Challenges in the Judiciary. He is
one of the Co-convenors of the Supreme Court Appointments Watch
(SCAW) Project, a project that has monitored the process of appointments
to vacancies in the Supreme Court from 2005.
Marlon J. Manuels valuable inputs on the issue of corruption and
accountability in the Philippines had been acknowledged in international
reports. His inputs were cited as among the references of the 2004
Global Integrity Report, An Investigative Report Tracking Corruption,
Openness and Accountability in 25 Countries
(http://www.globalintegrity.org/reports/2004/), and, again, in the Global
Integrity Report, 2007 Assessment, Philippines
(http://report.globalintegrity.org/Philippines/2007/). His inputs were also
acknowledged by Professor Stephen Golub of the Boalt Hall Law School of
the University of California at Berkeley United States, in the Global
Corruption Report: 2007: Corruption in Judicial Systems (published by
the Cambridge University Press). Recently, he was part of a team that
conducted the Philippine Democracy Assessment: Rule of Law and
Access to Justice (published in 2010 by the International Institute for
Democracy and Electoral Assistance [International IDEA] in partnership
with the Action for Economic Reforms [AER]).

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER

Marlon J. Manuels one and a half decades of law practice as a litigator,
educator, and governance and justice reform worker is characterized by
his passionate advocacy for human rights. His work as National
Coordinator of the Alternative Law Groups (ALG) has given him wideranging involvement in various human rights issues civil, cultural,
economic, social, and political rights. He has closely worked with
numerous grassroots organizations and local communities, and with
support groups of human rights advocates.
In addition to his involvement in the litigation of cases involving human
rights violations, and in education on human rights issues, he had the
opportunity to be involved in innovative human rights-focused initiatives.
He is currently the over-all coordinator of three nationwide programs that
are focused on addressing human rights issues in the country.
From 2008, Marlon J. Manuel has acted as lead coordinator of the multi-sectoral
program, Community-Based Dialogue Sessions on Human Rights Between
the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, and
Civil Society Organizations and Local Communities. The project is a
partnership among government and non-government organizations, namely: the
Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR); the Alternative Law
Groups, Inc. (ALG); the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF); the Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP) (through the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff
for Civil Military Operations [OJ] and the Human Rights Office [HRO]; the
Philippine National Police (PNP) (through the Human Rights Affairs Office
[HRAO]); and the Hanns Seidel Foundation of Germany. The project primarily
involves the conduct of a series of dialogue sessions in different areas
nationwide. The dialogue sessions have the main goal of contributing to the
improvement of the human rights situation primarily through the enhancement of
the relationship between the security forces (AFP and PNP), on one hand, and
local communities and civil society organizations, on the other hand, in the
common effort to promote human rights.
From 2008 until the present, Marlon J. Manuel has acted as lead coordinator of
the Environmental Defense Program (EnDefense). The EnDefense Program
is a funding mechanism for litigation and related legal actions that seek to protect
the country's environment and natural resources. The program is a partnership
among the ALG, the Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE) and the
Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation (PTFCF). The program
supports cases that pursue legal sanctions against environmental law violators,
those that seek to question, or defend, the constitutionality or validity of laws and
issuance that affect the rights of communities, or those that involve the defense
of environmental advocates and community leaders who have been sued in
connection with their work for the environment and their communities.
From 2009, Marlon J. Manuel has acted as lead administrator of the Defending
the Human Rights Defenders Program (Program for the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights Defenders Working on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights). The program is a funding mechanism for activities that seek to
protect the country's defenders of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR)
against threatened or actual abuses and rights violations that they encounter in
relation to their advocacy work. The program is a partnership between the ALG
and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT and

PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERT
In addition to his advocacy work, Marlon J. Manuel is also involved in
various activities on organizational development and institutional
strengthening. He has worked not only with non-government
organizations but with government agencies, as well, facilitating
organizational diagnosis and strategic planning processes. Recently, in
2010, he assisted the Philippine National Police Human Rights Affairs
Office in an Institutional Development-Organizational Strengthening
Workshop.
He has participated in the design, management, and implementation of
many justice system-related development programs and initiatives. For
this aspect of his work, he has put to good use his attendance in training
programs on organizational development and project management,
including the Seminar-Workshop on Results-Based Management,
Appreciative Inquiry, and Open Space Technology, held on 17-21 July
2006, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
From 2001 until 2006, he served as Chairperson of the Project
Management Committee of the Paralegal Education Skills Advancement
and Networking Technology (PESANTech). This project was implemented
in 42 municipalities and cities throughout the Philippines by a consortium
of three national NGOs. PESANTech started in 1994 as a paralegal
formation project for farmers, in pursuit of the effective implementation of
the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law. In 2000, the project expanded
beyond agrarian reform issues and has covered other land tenure and
justice issues in local communities.
From 2003-2008, Marlon J. Manuel acted as a member of the Joint Project
Steering Committee (JPSC) of the Justice Reform Initiatives Support
(JURIS) Project, a project that involved the Supreme Court of the
Philippines, the Alternative Law Groups, and the National Judicial Institute
of Canada as project partners. The Joint Project Steering Committee was
chaired by the Supreme Court Chief Justice. The JURIS Project focused
on three major components: Judicial Education, Alternative Dispute
Resolution, and Reform Advocacy.
From 2010 until the early part of 2011, he served as a member of the
Steering Committee of the recently concluded European Union-Philippines
Justice Support Program (EP JUST). EP JUST assisted Philippine society
(government agencies as well as relevant constitutional bodies and civil
society) in bringing an end to extra-legal killings (ELKs) and enforced
disappearances (EDs). EPJUST carried out technical assistance activities,
with the end in view of contributing to the effective investigation,
prosecution, and trial by the competent Philippine authorities, of persons
involved in ELKs and EDs. Almost all the members of the EP JUST
Steering Committee are officers of key government agencies. Marlon J.
Manuel is one of two observers for civil society organizations, the only
seats reserved for non-government representatives in the Steering
Committee.

REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL WORKER

Marlon J. Manuel has shared his rich experience in working with grassroots
communities in the Philippines, and in advocating for human rights, good
governance and justice system reform, with public interest lawyers, law
professors and students, and development workers in other countries, by acting
as a resource person in a number of workshops and conferences.

In 2005, he facilitated an in-depth strategic planning process for the

Community Legal Education Center, a Cambodian legal service
organization, introducing the organization to legal empowerment models
and facilitating the organizations exploration of how a legal empowerment
approach may be applied in CLEC, giving particular consideration to the
current socio-political situation and emerging trends, security concerns,
and competing priorities of various partners/donors. Also in the same
year, he co-facilitated a two-day Legal Empowerment Workshop in
Colombo, Sri Lanka, attended by partner organizations of The Asia
Foundation-Sri Lanka.
In 2006, he acted as Facilitator-Trainer at the First Malaysian Clinical Legal
Education Teacher Training Workshop organized by Universiti Teknologi
MARA, International Islamic University & the Malaysian Bar In cooperation
with the Open Society Justice Initiative. The workshop was held at the
Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, Selangor,
Malaysia.
In 2007, Marlon J. Manuel acted as resource person and co-facilitator in the

First South-East Asian Clinical Legal Education Teacher Training

Workshop, attended by law professors from law schools in South East
Asia. The workshop, which was held in Manila, was organized by the
Ateneo Human Rights Center and the Open Society Justice Initiative.
In 2009, he acted as resource person in two separate conferences of
foreign bar associations. The first was the Conference on the Role of Civil
Society Organizations in the Provision of Legal Aid, which was organized
by the Vietnam Lawyers Association. (November 5-6, 2009, Hanoi,
Vietnam), and the second was the National Seminar: Developing a Policy
and Law on Legal Aid for Timor-Leste, an activity of the Timor-Leste Bar
Association (September 10-11, 2009, Dili, Timor Leste).
Recently, Marlon J. Manuel has taken a lead role in the formation of a
regional network of government and non-government organizations that
are involved in human rights and legal empowerment work, the Asian
Consortium on Human Rights-Based Access to Justice (HRBA2J), which
was established last year, 2010. He is also involved as a core group
member of a global legal empowerment network that is still in its nascent
stage. As part of this initiative, he recently made a presentation on public
interest litigation and legal empowerment activities at the Global SouthSouth Development Expo 2010, Special Session on Legal Empowerment,
and Global Legal Empowerment Practitioners Dialogue, held on
November 22 and 23, 2010, in Geneva, Switzerland. The global network
will be launched within the year.

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AUTHOR
Marlon J. Manuel has written a number of papers and articles, both as part
of his academic life and as a component of his advocacy work.
Among his notable written works are the following:
Lawyering with the Poor, From the Grassroots: The Justice Reform
Agenda of the Poor and Marginalized, Alternative Law Groups, February
2004.
Politics & Governance, Theory & Practice in the Philippine Context,
1999, a book published by the Department of Political Science, Ateneo de
Manila University; Co-author.
Katarungang Pambarangay: A Handbook, published in four (4)
languages (English, Tagalog, Cebuano and Ilonggo) in 2004 by the
Canada-Philippines Local Government Support Program.
The Alternative Law Groups Institutional Framework for Judicial
Reform, (co-author of Carolina S. Ruiz-Austria and Magistrado A.
Mendoza, Jr.), From the Grassroots: The Justice Reform Agenda of the
Poor and Marginalized, Alternative Law Groups, February 2004.
The Revised Rules on the Right to Self-Organization: A Critique of
Department Order No. 40 Series of 2003, Ateneo Law Journal, Volume
XLIX, 2004.
Local Representation by 2004: The Local Governance Policy
Forums Position on the Pending Bills Providing for the Manner of Election
of the Local Sectoral Representatives. (Issue 4 of Popular Governance
Notes) October 2002, an occasional paper of the Local Governance Unit of
Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal (SALIGAN).
Restraining Free Trade Unionism: A Critique of Supreme Court
Decisions that Unduly Restrict Labors Exercise of the Right to SelfOrganization, Ateneo Law Journal, Volume XLVI (50th Anniversary Issue),
November 2001.
Pamamahala at Pakikilahok (Governance and Participation),
September 2000, a primer on local governance published by the Sentro ng
Alternatibong Lingap Panligal (SALIGAN); Co-author.
Requiem to Speedy Labor Justice, An Analysis of the Effects and
Underpinnings of the Supreme Courts Ruling in St. Martin Funeral Home
v. NLRC, Ateneo Law Journal, Volume XLIV, No. 2, June 2000.
The IRA Cut: Threat to Local Governance and Democracy, (Issue 1
of Popular Governance Notes) 16 February 2000, an occasional paper of
the Local Governance Unit of Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal
(SALIGAN); Co-author.
Popular Sovereignty, A Digest of Legal Provisions and Judicial
Decisions on the Peoples Participation in Local Governance, March 1999.
Marlon J. Manuel is a member of the Editorial Board of the Hague Journal
on the Rule of Law, a new cross-disciplinary journal devoted to academic
and practitioner analysis of rule of law promotion.