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139-497: Dominic Zapata (born February 14, 1971), is a Filipino television and film director. He is a graduate of the De La Salle University and Don Bosco Technical Institute-Makati. He took up AB Communication Arts and BSC Marketing Management (CAM-MMG) at De La Salle University, where he entered the communication arts program in 1988. He is now one of the resident directors of GMA Network since 1997. His most noted work

278-401: A constitution , written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics , economics , history and society in various ways and also serves as a mediator of relations between people. Legal systems vary between jurisdictions , with their differences analysed in comparative law . In civil law jurisdictions, a legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates

417-644: A federal system (as in Australia, Germany or the United States) or different voting configuration in a unitary system (as in France). In the UK the upper house is appointed by the government as a house of review . One criticism of bicameral systems with two elected chambers is that the upper and lower houses may simply mirror one another. The traditional justification of bicameralism is that an upper chamber acts as

556-417: A parliamentary system , as with Britain, Italy, Germany, India, and Japan, the executive is known as the cabinet, and composed of members of the legislature. The executive is led by the head of government , whose office holds power under the confidence of the legislature. Because popular elections appoint political parties to govern, the leader of a party can change in between elections. The head of state

695-688: A ruler ') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority , for the government of a Christian organisation or church and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Catholic Church , the Eastern Orthodox Church , the Oriental Orthodox Churches , and the individual national churches within the Anglican Communion . The way that such church law

834-440: A "common law" developed during the reign of Henry II during the late 12th century, when Henry appointed judges who had the authority to create an institutionalised and unified system of law common to the country. The next major step in the evolution of the common law came when King John was forced by his barons to sign a document limiting his authority to pass laws. This "great charter" or Magna Carta of 1215 also required that

973-601: A Center of Development in 5. The university is among 40 institutions granted autonomous status by CHED as of 2010. It is the first of only two institutions granted the highest-level accreditation (Level IV) by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU). The university is a member of the ASEAN University Network (AUN) and International Association of Universities (IAU) as well as

1112-442: A Center of Excellence in seven disciplines (namely biology , chemistry , Filipino, information technology, literature, mathematics , physics ), teacher education , and a Center of Development in the field of political science and engineering (namely chemical engineering , civil engineering , industrial engineering , electronics and communications engineering , computer engineering and mechanical engineering ). The university

1251-752: A Christian Brother–Lasallian school in St. Louis, Missouri , believed that the establishment of a De La Salle school in Manila would be instrumental in preempting the spread of Protestantism in the Philippines through the arrival of the Thomasites and American Protestant church missions. His request was endorsed in 1907 by Pope Pius X . An envoy of the De La Salle Christian Brothers arrived in 1910. Together with Manila Archbishop Harty,

1390-639: A Level IV accreditation status according to the PAASCU website. These are Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Electronics Engineering, Elementary Education, Industrial Engineering, Liberal Arts, Mechanical Engineering, Sciences, and Secondary Education. Programs with a Level III accreditation status are Accountancy, Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Graduate Programs in Liberal Arts, Science and Education. Meanwhile,

1529-442: A house of review. This can minimise arbitrariness and injustice in governmental action. To pass legislation, a majority of the members of a legislature must vote for a bill (proposed law) in each house. Normally there will be several readings and amendments proposed by the different political factions. If a country has an entrenched constitution, a special majority for changes to the constitution may be required, making changes to

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1668-517: A new studio in the Philippines, and to offer two new undergraduate courses in game development as well as entertainment and multimedia computing. The Laguna campus was selected as the site of the studio. The studio opened two years later in 2018, and is the first AAA game studio in the country. However, Ubisoft Philippines transferred its office to Bonifacio Global City in 2024 to address staffing challenges caused by its remote location. The facilities at Laguna campus include: Courtyard Hall,

1807-601: A process of reform, at least in terms of economic, if not social and political, rights. A new contract code in 1999 represented a move away from administrative domination. Furthermore, after negotiations lasting fifteen years, in 2001 China joined the World Trade Organization . In general, legal systems can be split between civil law and common law systems. Modern scholars argue that the significance of this distinction has progressively declined. The numerous legal transplants , typical of modern law, result in

1946-651: A school in the Philippines due to the Americans' insistence that the first school should only educate the children of the ruling Filipino elite. The Americans instructed the Christian Brothers to Americanize future Filipino leaders through their Catholic Lasallian education. The American demand ran contrary to the original spiritual teachings and charism of St. John Baptist de La Salle, the Vatican's patron saint of Christian educators whose main religious vocation

2085-653: A student dormitory managed by Arthaland Corporation on its property next to the DLSU Laguna Campus, is also considered part of the campus. The campus will also open the following facility as part of its ongoing development: The Rufino Campus is an extension of De La Salle University in Bonifacio Global City , Taguig, that serves as the College of Law building. Donated by the Rufino family ,

2224-636: Is My Husband's Lover , nominated as Best Telenovela in the 2014 International Emmy Awards held at New York City. The same project also got him a nomination nod for Best Director at the Asian TV Awards in Singapore that same year. Zapata first became known for directing large-scale soaps, namely Mar's Ravelo's Darna (both versions, first with Angel Locsin and the updated Marian Rivera starrer) and Captain Barbell . He showed his versatility with

2363-462: Is legislated , interpreted and at times adjudicated varies widely among these three bodies of churches. In all three traditions, a canon was originally a rule adopted by a church council ; these canons formed the foundation of canon law. The Catholic Church has the oldest continuously functioning legal system in the western world , predating the evolution of modern European civil law and common law systems. The 1983 Code of Canon Law governs

2502-713: Is a private , Catholic coeducational research university run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools with main campus in Taft Avenue , Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was established by the Christian Brothers in 1911 as De La Salle College (DLSC) in Nozaleda Street, Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre Eilenbecker, FSC serving as director , and is the first De La Salle school in

2641-499: Is a code of Jewish law that summarizes some of the Talmud's interpretations. A number of countries are sharia jurisdictions. Israeli law allows litigants to use religious laws only if they choose. Canon law is only in use by members of the Catholic Church , the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican Communion . Canon law ( Ancient Greek : κανών , romanized :  kanon , lit.   'a straight measuring rod;

2780-587: Is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the art of justice. State-enforced laws can be made by a legislature , resulting in statutes ; by the executive through decrees and regulations ; or by judges' decisions, which form precedent in common law jurisdictions. An autocrat may exercise those functions within their realm. The creation of laws themselves may be influenced by

2919-458: Is a system of rules, divided into primary (rules of conduct) and secondary ones (rules addressed to officials to administer primary rules). Secondary rules are further divided into rules of adjudication (to resolve legal disputes), rules of change (allowing laws to be varied) and the rule of recognition (allowing laws to be identified as valid). Two of Hart's students continued the debate: In his book Law's Empire , Ronald Dworkin attacked Hart and

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3058-750: Is also a member of local organizations, including the Philippine Association for Technological Education and the South Manila Inter-Institutional Consortium . De La Salle University offers over a hundred undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its seven colleges and one school. It also offers a degree in mechatronics and robotics , one of the first to offer such in the Philippines. As of 2024, DLSU operates 15 research centers and institutes. DLSU received 23,495 undergraduate freshman applications in 2010 and 3,428 of them were admitted. In

3197-407: Is also among the 40 institutions granted autonomous status by CHED as of 2010. Autonomous institutions have the privilege to determine their own curriculum, and offer new courses without prior approval from CHED, among others. By 2016, 14 programs have been identified as Centers of Excellence and 5 programs have been identified as Centers of Development. In 2018, De La Salle University ranked third in

3336-608: Is also ranked second by EduRank in its list of 100 best universities in the Philippines, after University of the Philippines Diliman, and ahead of Ateneo de Manila University and University of Santo Tomas. The university has yet to appear in any edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). In 2010, De La Salle University was identified by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as

3475-472: Is an "authority" to mediate people's interests. Oliver Wendell Holmes defined law as "the prophecies of what the courts will do in fact, and nothing more pretentious." In his Treatise on Law , Thomas Aquinas argues that law is a rational ordering of things, which concern the common good, that is promulgated by whoever is charged with the care of the community. This definition has both positivist and naturalist elements. Definitions of law often raise

3614-733: Is apart from the executive, and symbolically enacts laws and acts as representative of the nation. Examples include the President of Germany (appointed by members of federal and state legislatures ), the Queen of the United Kingdom (an hereditary office ), and the President of Austria (elected by popular vote). The other important model is the presidential system , found in the United States and in Brazil . In presidential systems,

3753-513: Is authority, identifiable purely through social sources and without reference to moral reasoning. In his view, any categorisation of rules beyond their role as authoritative instruments in mediation is best left to sociology , rather than jurisprudence. The history of law links closely to the development of civilization . Ancient Egyptian law, dating as far back as 3000 BC, was based on the concept of Ma'at and characterised by tradition, rhetorical speech, social equality and impartiality. By

3892-432: Is immediately after 1.0. Students who attain a grade point average of 3.8, 3.6, 3.4 and 3.2 are awarded upon graduation summa cum laude , magna cum laude, cum laude and honorable mention, respectively. Graduation occurs every February, June and October. De La Salle's tuition fee is one of the highest in the Philippines in terms of annual payment and may vary in different colleges within the university. As of Term 2, 2021,

4031-467: Is law?" There have been several attempts to produce "a universally acceptable definition of law". In 1972, Baron Hampstead suggested that no such definition could be produced. McCoubrey and White said that the question "what is law?" has no simple answer. Glanville Williams said that the meaning of the word "law" depends on the context in which that word is used. He said that, for example, " early customary law " and " municipal law " were contexts where

4170-530: Is part of the University Belt with several other colleges and universities, including St. Scholastica's College, Manila and Philippine Women's University , which are both located nearby. Some buildings that are part of the campus are also situated at other nearby lots along Taft Avenue and at the nearby Fidel Reyes Street, formerly named as Agno Street. The buildings have a combined floor area of 136,685.98 m (1,471,275.6 sq ft). Six of

4309-481: Is relatively small in size for its large student population suffers from limited space. According to The LaSallian , each student had only 7.1 m (76 sq ft) for himself in 2009. Crowding is expected to only get worse. It has also expressed concerns regarding fire safety , citing possible evacuation difficulties should a fire occur at the Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall, and accessibility issues for fire trucks given

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4448-543: Is stronger in civil law countries, particularly those with a separate system of administrative courts ; by contrast, the public-private law divide is less pronounced in common law jurisdictions. Law provides a source of scholarly inquiry into legal history , philosophy , economic analysis and sociology . Law also raises important and complex issues concerning equality, fairness, and justice . The word law , attested in Old English as lagu , comes from

4587-441: Is that law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behaviour. In The Concept of Law , H. L. A. Hart argued that law is a "system of rules"; John Austin said law was "the command of a sovereign, backed by the threat of a sanction"; Ronald Dworkin describes law as an "interpretive concept" to achieve justice in his text titled Law's Empire ; and Joseph Raz argues law

4726-1060: Is the Supreme Court ; in Australia, the High Court ; in India, the Supreme Court of India ; in the UK, the Supreme Court ; in Germany, the Bundesverfassungsgericht ; and in France, the Cour de Cassation . For most European countries the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg can overrule national law, when EU law is relevant. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg allows citizens of

4865-490: Is the legal systems in communist states such as the former Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China . Academic opinion is divided on whether it is a separate system from civil law, given major deviations based on Marxist–Leninist ideology, such as subordinating the judiciary to the executive ruling party. There are distinguished methods of legal reasoning (applying the law) and methods of interpreting (construing)

5004-1059: Is the university's collection of Philippine modern art donated by the heirs of Doreen Fernandez , a food critic . The collection comprises more than 400 works by several artists, including ten National Artists of the Philippines (namely Fernando Amorsolo , Benedicto Cabrera , Botong Francisco , José T. Joya , Ang Kiukok , Cesar Legaspi , Arturo R. Luz , Vicente Manansala , Jeremias Elizalde Navarro and Hernando R. Ocampo ). The De La Salle University Science Foundation serves as DLSU's repository of research funding providing research grants to faculty, and scholarship grants to students. Registered in April 1998, its total assets were worth over ₱8.5 billion (US$ 197 million) in 2008. 120 (20 percent) of DLSU faculty had been involved in 80 research projects between March 2008 and February 2009. 39 (12 percent) of its faculty had their research published in ISI -listed journals in 2008. Law Law

5143-567: Is to make laws, since they are acts of the general will ; nor whether the prince is above the law, since he is a member of the State; nor whether the law can be unjust, since no one is unjust to himself; nor how we can be both free and subject to the laws, since they are but registers of our wills. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract , II, 6. The philosophy of law is commonly known as jurisprudence. Normative jurisprudence asks "what should law be?", while analytic jurisprudence asks "what

5282-701: The Manusmriti (c. 100–300 AD) were foundational treatises in India, and comprise texts considered authoritative legal guidance. Manu's central philosophy was tolerance and pluralism , and was cited across Southeast Asia. During the Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent , sharia was established by the Muslim sultanates and empires, most notably Mughal Empire 's Fatawa-e-Alamgiri , compiled by emperor Aurangzeb and various scholars of Islam. In India,

5421-653: The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities , ahead of University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University , and University of Santo Tomas . The university also ranks second in the list of top 12 universities in the Philippines by the SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR), after University of the Philippines Diliman , and ahead of University of Santo Tomas and University of the Philippines Los Baños . DLSU

5560-459: The "is" and what "ought to be" problem. Bentham and Austin argued for law's positivism ; that real law is entirely separate from "morality". Kant was also criticised by Friedrich Nietzsche , who rejected the principle of equality, and believed that law emanates from the will to power , and cannot be labeled as "moral" or "immoral". In 1934, the Austrian philosopher Hans Kelsen continued

5699-504: The Codex Hammurabi . The most intact copy of these stelae was discovered in the 19th century by British Assyriologists , and has since been fully transliterated and translated into various languages, including English, Italian, German, and French. The Old Testament dates back to 1280 BC and takes the form of moral imperatives as recommendations for a good society. The small Greek city-state, ancient Athens , from about

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5838-611: The Council of Europe member states to bring cases relating to human rights issues before it. Some countries allow their highest judicial authority to overrule legislation they determine to be unconstitutional . For example, in Brown v. Board of Education , the United States Supreme Court nullified many state statutes that had established racially segregated schools, finding such statutes to be incompatible with

5977-486: The Early Middle Ages , Roman law was rediscovered around the 11th century when medieval legal scholars began to research Roman codes and adapt their concepts to the canon law , giving birth to the jus commune . Latin legal maxims (called brocards ) were compiled for guidance. In medieval England, royal courts developed a body of precedent which later became the common law . A Europe-wide Law Merchant

6116-577: The English Court of Common Pleas had five. This powerful and tight-knit judiciary gave rise to a systematised process of developing common law. As time went on, many felt that the common law was overly systematised and inflexible, and increasing numbers of citizens petitioned the King to override the common law. On the King's behalf, the Lord Chancellor started giving judgments to do what

6255-1251: The Enlightenment . Then, in the 19th century, both France, with the Code Civil , and Germany, with the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch , modernised their legal codes. Both these codes heavily influenced not only the law systems of the countries in continental Europe but also the Japanese and Korean legal traditions. Today, countries that have civil law systems range from Russia and Turkey to most of Central and Latin America . In common law legal systems, decisions by courts are explicitly acknowledged as "law" on equal footing with legislative statutes and executive regulations . The "doctrine of precedent", or stare decisis (Latin for "to stand by decisions") means that decisions by higher courts bind lower courts to assure that similar cases reach similar results. In contrast , in civil law systems, legislative statutes are typically more detailed, and judicial decisions are shorter and less detailed because

6394-571: The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution . A judiciary is theoretically bound by the constitution, just as all other government bodies are. In most countries judges may only interpret the constitution and all other laws. But in common law countries, where matters are not constitutional, the judiciary may also create law under the doctrine of precedent . The UK, Finland and New Zealand assert

6533-668: The French , but mostly the German Civil Code. This partly reflected Germany's status as a rising power in the late 19th century. Similarly, traditional Chinese law gave way to westernisation towards the final years of the Qing Dynasty in the form of six private law codes based mainly on the Japanese model of German law. Today Taiwanese law retains the closest affinity to the codifications from that period, because of

6672-538: The Hindu legal tradition, along with Islamic law, were both supplanted by common law when India became part of the British Empire . Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and Hong Kong also adopted the common law system. The Eastern Asia legal tradition reflects a unique blend of secular and religious influences. Japan was the first country to begin modernising its legal system along Western lines, by importing parts of

6811-520: The K–12 implementation. The Senior High School (SHS) classes officially opened on June 1, 2016. In December 2018, DLSU announced its plan to launch a new Learning Management System (LMS) called AnimoSpace, built based on the Canvas LMS software. AnimoSpace was officially launched on January 15, 2019. The main campus is situated on a 5.45-hectare (13.5-acre) lot at 2401 Taft Avenue , Malate, Manila. It

6950-679: The Latin Church sui juris . The Eastern Catholic Churches, which developed different disciplines and practices, are governed by the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches . The canon law of the Catholic Church influenced the common law during the medieval period through its preservation of Roman law doctrine such as the presumption of innocence . Roman Catholic canon law is a fully developed legal system, with all

7089-479: The Old Norse word lǫg . The singular form lag meant ' something laid or fixed ' while its plural meant ' law ' . But what, after all, is a law? [...] When I say that the object of laws is always general, I mean that law considers subjects en masse and actions in the abstract, and never a particular person or action. [...] On this view, we at once see that it can no longer be asked whose business it

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7228-462: The Quran has some law, and it acts as a source of further law through interpretation, Qiyas (reasoning by analogy), Ijma (consensus) and precedent . This is mainly contained in a body of law and jurisprudence known as Sharia and Fiqh respectively. Another example is the Torah or Old Testament , in the Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses. This contains the basic code of Jewish law, which some Israeli communities choose to use. The Halakha

7367-626: The absolutist theory of Thomas Hobbes ' Leviathan . Sun Yat-sen 's Five Power Constitution for the Republic of China took the separation of powers further by having two additional branches of government—a Control Yuan for auditing oversight and an Examination Yuan to manage the employment of public officials. Max Weber and others reshaped thinking on the extension of state. Modern military, policing and bureaucratic power over ordinary citizens' daily lives pose special problems for accountability that earlier writers such as Locke or Montesquieu could not have foreseen. The custom and practice of

7506-597: The "basic pattern of legal reasoning is reasoning by example"—that is, reasoning by comparing outcomes in cases resolving similar legal questions. In a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding procedural efforts taken by a debt collection company to avoid errors, Justice Sotomayor cautioned that "legal reasoning is not a mechanical or strictly linear process". Jurimetrics is the formal application of quantitative methods, especially probability and statistics , to legal questions. The use of statistical methods in court cases and law review articles has grown massively in importance in

7645-472: The 17 De La Salle Brothers residing in the chapel of the campus, along with 25 other residents. Only one Brother (Antonius von Jesus) and 21 others survived. Classes resumed in July 1945 with a class of incoming freshmen that was composed of 60 high school graduates. One year later, the College of Commerce reopened with its three-year BS Commerce program extended to a four-year program. The High School Department of De La Salle College on Taft Avenue, Manila

7784-424: The 22nd century BC, the ancient Sumerian ruler Ur-Nammu had formulated the first law code , which consisted of casuistic statements ("if … then ..."). Around 1760 BC, King Hammurabi further developed Babylonian law , by codifying and inscribing it in stone. Hammurabi placed several copies of his law code throughout the kingdom of Babylon as stelae , for the entire public to see; this became known as

7923-411: The 6th century, which were rediscovered by 11th century Italy. Roman law in the days of the Roman Republic and Empire was heavily procedural, and lacked a professional legal class. Instead a lay magistrate , iudex , was chosen to adjudicate. Decisions were not published in any systematic way, so any case law that developed was disguised and almost unrecognised. Each case was to be decided afresh from

8062-431: The 8th century BC was the first society to be based on broad inclusion of its citizenry, excluding women and enslaved people . However, Athens had no legal science or single word for "law", relying instead on the three-way distinction between divine law ( thémis ), human decree ( nomos ) and custom ( díkē ). Yet Ancient Greek law contained major constitutional innovations in the development of democracy . Roman law

8201-435: The BCDA in October 2013. It was inaugurated on February 18, 2017. The Makati Extension Campus (MEC) is an extension campus of DLSU at the 5th floor of the Alfonso Yuchengco-owned RCBC Plaza in Makati City , Philippines. The campus primarily serves the university's graduate business students. The Lian campus, known as the De La Salle University – Br. Alfred Shields Ocean Research (SHORE) Center Marine Station (formerly

8340-491: The Br. Andrew Gonzalez Academic Scholarship program. Also, dependents of military personnel who died or became incapacitated during duty enjoy similar benefits through PD 577. Meanwhile, children of faculty and staff, university athletes and performing artists, and senior editors of DLSU student publications are provided tuition fee discounts. Further financial assistance may be provided to students with annual family incomes less than ₱500,000 ( US$ 11,600 ). Aside from these,

8479-601: The Christian Brothers searched for a suitable campus location. A 13,000-square-meter (140,000 sq ft) property in Nozaleda Street, Paco, Manila was purchased for this purpose. De La Salle College was established by nine De La Salle Christian Brothers. Three, Blimond Pierre Eilenbecker, Aloysius Gonzaga McGiverin and Augusto Correge, arrived on March 10, 1911, and the remaining six, Ptolomee Louis Duffaux, Goslin Camillus Henri, D. Joseph, Celba John Lynam, Imar William Reale, and Martin, on May 13. De La Salle College formally opened on June 16, 1911, with 125 students. By July 10,

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8618-1193: The College Archives to a major department/unit in 1989, occupying the fourth floor of the DLSU Library. It holds materials of historical significance to the university (many of which were lost during the Second World War), and acts as its "official memory". The Archives now holds not only the theses collection and the university records, but also the special collections (consisting of books as well as non-book materials, manuscripts and personal papers), faculty publications, De La Salle publications, LaSalliana collection, and museum artifacts among others. Its museum collection includes over 600 ceramic artifacts from Southeast Asia dating back as early as 200 BC, almost 400 specimens of rare Philippine banknotes and coins , over 200 artworks. In addition, it has 298 volumes of film scripts, 766 audio tapes, 66 videotapes, 1,205 volumes on health and nutrition, and 1,050 books and journals on neurology and related disciplines, among others. Several of these collections are donations previously owned by various notable Lasallites, including lawyer and Senator José W. Diokno , Don Francisco Ortigas Jr., José Javier Reyes , and Senator Lorenzo Tañada . The Museum

8757-449: The College of Business and Economics until 2010. In 2011, the College of Business was inaugurated as the present-day Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business . The Br. Andrew Gonzalez College of Education dates back to 1936 when De La Salle College was authorized to confer the degree of Master of Science in education. It was in 1959 when the college started to offer undergraduate degrees in education. The Gokongwei College of Engineering

8896-427: The DLSU Manila campus buildings – Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall, Don Enrique T. Yuchengco Hall, Enrique M. Razon Sports Center, Gokongwei Hall, Henry Sy Sr. Hall, and Velasco Hall – were funded and provided by DLSU alumni. Most of the buildings in the DLSU campus feature neoclassical design . These include: The campus will also open the following facilities as part of its ongoing development: The DLSU–Manila campus, which

9035-402: The DLSU Marine Biological Station), is a research facility and an extension of DLSU on a 1-hectare (2.5-acre) parcel of land in Sitio Matuod, Barangay Binubusan, Lian, Batangas . It is an academic facility of the College of Science for further class field activities, research and extension activities and as a base for teaching, research, and extension activities in coastal areas. The SHORE Center

9174-410: The DLSU president. As resolved by the board of trustees in June 2010, the president of De La Salle University must be a Lasallian Brother and be a holder of a PhD . Filipino citizenship is not a must but preferred. Prior to the university's move to its present location in 1921, the president was referred to as the director. The president and the Provost are assisted by four vice chancellors. Prior to

9313-481: The De La Salle University – Science & Technology Complex (DLSU–STC), and later renamed as the De La Salle University – Laguna Campus. By 2010, 6,000 m (65,000 sq ft) of the campus had been developed. The Laguna campus offered 18 undergraduate degree programs by 2017, as well as pre-school, primary, and secondary education at the DLSU Integrated School. In 2016, DLSU signed an agreement with French video game publisher and developer Ubisoft to open

9452-433: The De La Salle campus. On February 1, 1945, Japanese forces ordered the occupants of the DLSC and the surrounding vicinity to vacate the college. However, Br. Egbert Xavier Kelly, FSC refused the order to vacate. On February 7, 1945, he was abducted by Japanese soldiers and was believed to have been tortured and killed. On February 12 shortly after noon, 20 Japanese soldiers forcibly entered the DLSC campus and massacred 16 of

9591-402: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. This article about a Filipino film director is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . De La Salle University De La Salle University ( Filipino : Pamantasang De La Salle or Unibersidad ng De La Salle ; Spanish : Universidad de La Salle ), also referred to as DLSU , De La Salle or La Salle ,

9730-438: The King's entourage of judges hold their courts and judgments at "a certain place" rather than dispensing autocratic justice in unpredictable places about the country. A concentrated and elite group of judges acquired a dominant role in law-making under this system, and compared to its European counterparts the English judiciary became highly centralised. In 1297, for instance, while the highest court in France had fifty-one judges,

9869-863: The Lasallian order consists of over 3,000 Christian Brothers, who together with 90,000 teachers and Lay associates help run and manage over 1,100 educational institutions established globally in 80 countries with over a million students worldwide. De La Salle University is also a member of several notable international university associations such as the ASEAN University Network , Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia , Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities, Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning , International Association of Lasallian Universities, International Association of Universities , International Federation of Catholic Universities, United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia and University Cooperation for Internationalisation. The university

10008-603: The Learning Commons, DLSU also has satellite libraries such as the Br. Benedict Learning Resource Center, located at the 18th floor of Br. Andrew Gonzalez Hall; the Business Library at Makati Campus; the Law Library at Rufino Campus; and three libraries for pre-school, Integrated School and college levels, respectively, at Laguna Campus. The University Archives grew from its early beginnings in 1973 as

10147-894: The Manufacturing Engineering Management program as well as the master's and doctoral programs in Business Administration are designated Level II. The college library was established in 1956 upon the merger of the high school and college libraries. It was located on the first two floors of St. Joseph Hall with a seating capacity of 100 persons and a collection of almost 10,000 books. Its collection includes 21,218 titles and 33,741 volumes on language and literature as of 2008, 3,751 titles and 4,898 volumes on fine arts and music as of 2006, and 17,999 titles and 26,526 volumes on philosophy and religion as of 2005. A 2001 assessment places its number of periodicals at 14,362 titles. The library has among

10286-695: The Movie . In 2005, he won the Metro Manila Film Festival People's Choice Award for Best Director for his work on Mulawin , the Movie. He also won five citations in the 5th Golden Screen TV Awards. He was nominated in the 2014 Asian Television Awards in the Best Direction category, nominated in the 9th Seoul International Drama Awards and also nominated for an International Emmy Award under the Telenovela category, given by

10425-626: The Philippines , allowing the college to confer associate degrees in commerce. It started offering the degree as a two-year program in 1920. Brothers Donatian Felix, V. Andrew, Albinus Peter, Flavius Leo, Alphonsus Henry, Felix and David King were sent to the school to teach various subjects from 1917 to 1929. The college had 425 students by 1921. Due to the lack of space on the original Nozaleda Campus in Paco, Manila, it moved to 2401 Taft Avenue in Malate , its present location. Brother Acisclus Michael, FSC

10564-567: The Philippines. The college was granted university status on February 19, 1975, and is the oldest constituent of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP), a network of 16 educational institutions, established in 2006 replacing the De La Salle University System. The institution started as an exclusive all-boys elementary and high school. In 1920, it began offering a two-year Associate in Arts Commerce program, which

10703-512: The QS rankings since 2005 . Times Higher Education (THE) included De La Salle University in its 2019 edition of Times Higher Education World University Rankings where DLSU was placed in the 801–1000 bracket, which also marked the university's first appearance in the rankings. It joined the University of the Philippines as the only two universities in the Philippines to enter the list, and

10842-510: The Quran as its constitution , and is governed on the basis of Islamic law. Iran has also witnessed a reiteration of Islamic law into its legal system after 1979. During the last few decades, one of the fundamental features of the movement of Islamic resurgence has been the call to restore the Sharia, which has generated a vast amount of literature and affected world politics . Socialist law

10981-1348: The Sharia: the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt may invalidate such laws, and in Iran the Guardian Council ensures the compatibility of the legislation with the "criteria of Islam". Prominent examples of legislatures are the Houses of Parliament in London, the Congress in Washington, D.C., the Bundestag in Berlin, the Duma in Moscow, the Parlamento Italiano in Rome and the Assemblée nationale in Paris. By

11120-643: The Top 100 of the De La Salle College Admission Test (DCAT) are given full scholarship under the Archer Achiever Scholarship program. De La Salle University is considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in the Philippines . As of 2024, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranks DLSU in the 641–650 bracket of its World University Rankings and 163rd on its Asian University Rankings . DLSU has appeared on

11259-430: The U.S. , the two systems were merged . In developing the common law, academic writings have always played an important part, both to collect overarching principles from dispersed case law and to argue for change. William Blackstone , from around 1760, was the first scholar to collect, describe, and teach the common law. But merely in describing, scholars who sought explanations and underlying structures slowly changed

11398-477: The academic year. Sixty-nine percent of them held doctorate degrees while 28 had master's degrees. As of Academic Year 2021–22, the university had 1,500 faculty members. It also received 19,488 undergraduate freshman applications and 7,397 were enrolled. DLSU also had 18,821 undergraduate and 4,289 graduate students for a total student population of 23,110. The College of Liberal Arts and the College of Business , both established in 1918 and 1920 respectively, are

11537-576: The adjudicator is only writing to decide the single case, rather than to set out reasoning that will guide future courts. Common law originated from England and has been inherited by almost every country once tied to the British Empire (except Malta, Scotland , the U.S. state of Louisiana , and the Canadian province of Quebec ). In medieval England during the Norman conquest , the law varied shire-to-shire based on disparate tribal customs. The concept of

11676-545: The campus consists of a seven-story green building that houses 17 classrooms, an auditorium, an arbitration room, and a moot court. In September 2013, the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) awarded to DLSU the lease and development of a 1,395-square-meter (15,020 sq ft) institutional building on a slightly larger lot in Bonifacio Global City. DLSU signed a contract with

11815-428: The chairman of Philippine Commission on Higher Education from 2003 to 2004. De La Salle University is the oldest member of De La Salle Philippines , a network of 16 Lasallian institutions established in 2006. DLSP is the successor of the De La Salle University System, a similar organization. De La Salle Philippines is a member of an international, worldwide network of Lasallian educational institutions . Presently,

11954-503: The charge of detonating the device. In 2012, De La Salle Canlubang was formally integrated with De La Salle University and became an extension of DLSU. It was inaugurated as the De La Salle University – Science & Technology Complex (DLSU–STC), and later renamed as the De La Salle University – Laguna Campus. In 2015, DLSU announced that it would open its Manila campus for senior high school students in response to

12093-571: The current president. He started his term on August 1, 2021. All of them, except Carmelita Quebengco, were male. Two of them had been appointed as secretaries of the Philippine Department of Education , including Br. Andrew Gonzalez , FSC (1998–2001) and Br. Armin Luistro, FSC (2010–2016). Meanwhile, Br. Rolando Ramos Dizon , FSC also a former DLSU, University of St. La Salle and La Salle Green Hills president, had served as

12232-586: The defining features of any legal system. Civil law is the legal system used in most countries around the world today. In civil law the sources recognised as authoritative are, primarily, legislation —especially codifications in constitutions or statutes passed by government—and custom . Codifications date back millennia, with one early example being the Babylonian Codex Hammurabi . Modern civil law systems essentially derive from legal codes issued by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in

12371-528: The duration of the three-year Japanese occupation of the Philippines while the other non-American Brothers were allowed to stay on and continue to teach at the Taft Campus. Initially, the De La Salle campus served as a secret shelter for several displaced civilians, nearby families, wounded soldiers, and some Filipino guerilla freedom fighters at the beginning of the Japanese occupation. However, it

12510-406: The executive acts as both head of state and head of government, and has power to appoint an unelected cabinet. Under a presidential system, the executive branch is separate from the legislature to which it is not accountable. Although the role of the executive varies from country to country, usually it will propose the majority of legislation, and propose government agenda. In presidential systems,

12649-844: The golden age of Roman law and aimed to restore it to the peak it had reached three centuries before." The Justinian Code remained in force in the East until the fall of the Byzantine Empire . Western Europe, meanwhile, relied on a mix of the Theodosian Code and Germanic customary law until the Justinian Code was rediscovered in the 11th century, which scholars at the University of Bologna used to interpret their own laws. Civil law codifications based closely on Roman law, alongside some influences from religious laws such as canon law , continued to spread throughout Europe until

12788-460: The highest borrowing limit per person (30 books), longest loan period (14 days) and highest overdue fine ( ₱20 per day; US$ 0.46 per day). The De La Salle University Library, now called the Learning Commons, is presently housed in the 14-story Henry Sy Sr. Hall – the largest university library building in the Philippines. The Learning Commons occupy the 5th to the 13th floors. The Henry Sy Sr. Hall has almost four hectares of floor space. Aside from

12927-530: The idea of the rule of law because he did not accept the primacy of abstract normative principles over concrete political positions and decisions. Therefore, Schmitt advocated a jurisprudence of the exception ( state of emergency ), which denied that legal norms could encompass all of the political experience. Later in the 20th century, H. L. A. Hart attacked Austin for his simplifications and Kelsen for his fiction in The Concept of Law . Hart argued law

13066-428: The ideal of parliamentary sovereignty , whereby the unelected judiciary may not overturn law passed by a democratic legislature. In communist states , such as China, the courts are often regarded as parts of the executive, or subservient to the legislature; governmental institutions and actors exert thus various forms of influence on the judiciary. In Muslim countries, courts often examine whether state laws adhere to

13205-498: The lack of wide roads to major buildings. At least three fires have occurred in the campus, including two at St. Joseph Hall. To address the problem of limited space, DLSU has resolved to vertical expansion. However, this has resulted in overcrowded elevators. The Laguna campus is an extension of De La Salle University since 2012 and is located adjacent to Laguna Technopark in Biñan , Laguna, Philippines. The 50-hectare (120-acre) campus

13344-564: The last few decades. It is a real unity of them all in one and the same person, made by covenant of every man with every man, in such manner as if every man should say to every man: I authorise and give up my right of governing myself to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition; that thou givest up, thy right to him, and authorise all his actions in like manner. Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan , XVII The main institutions of law in industrialised countries are independent courts , representative parliaments, an accountable executive,

13483-513: The law more difficult. A government usually leads the process, which can be formed from Members of Parliament (e.g. the UK or Germany). However, in a presidential system, the government is usually formed by an executive and his or her appointed cabinet officials (e.g. the United States or Brazil). The executive in a legal system serves as the centre of political authority of the State . In

13622-622: The law. In common law systems, judges may make binding case law through precedent, although on occasion this may be overturned by a higher court or the legislature. Religious law is in use in some religious communities and states, and has historically influenced secular law. The scope of law can be divided into two domains: public law concerns government and society, including constitutional law , administrative law , and criminal law ; while private law deals with legal disputes between parties in areas such as contracts , property , torts , delicts and commercial law . This distinction

13761-734: The law. The former are legal syllogism , which holds sway in civil law legal systems, analogy , which is present in common law legal systems, especially in the US, and argumentative theories that occur in both systems. The latter are different rules (directives) of legal interpretation such as directives of linguistic interpretation, teleological interpretation or systemic interpretation as well as more specific rules, for instance, golden rule or mischief rule . There are also many other arguments and cannons of interpretation which altogether make statutory interpretation possible. Law professor and former United States Attorney General Edward H. Levi noted that

13900-597: The laws of the State, which mirrors the (theoretical) unimportance of judges' decisions for future cases in civil law systems today. From 529 to 534 AD the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I codified and consolidated Roman law up until that point, so that what remained was one-twentieth of the mass of legal texts from before. This became known as the Corpus Juris Civilis . As one legal historian wrote, "Justinian consciously looked back to

14039-426: The legal profession is an important part of people's access to justice , whilst civil society is a term used to refer to the social institutions, communities and partnerships that form law's political basis. A judiciary is a number of judges mediating disputes to determine outcome. Most countries have systems of appeal courts, with an apex court as the ultimate judicial authority. In the United States, this authority

14178-579: The local South Manila Inter-Institutional Consortium . The Philippines was one of the last Southeast Asian countries in which the De La Salle Christian Brothers established themselves. The De La Salle Christian Brothers had established several De La Salle schools in British and French Southeast Asian colonial territories a century before settling in the new American colony. Initially, the De La Salle Brothers were reluctant in establishing

14317-472: The mid-1940s, efforts have been made, in country after country, to bring Sharia law more into line with modern conditions and conceptions. In modern times, the legal systems of many Muslim countries draw upon both civil and common law traditions as well as Islamic law and custom. The constitutions of certain Muslim states, such as Egypt and Afghanistan, recognise Islam as the religion of the state, obliging legislature to adhere to Sharia. Saudi Arabia recognises

14456-520: The military and police, bureaucratic organisation, the legal profession and civil society itself. John Locke, in his Two Treatises of Government , and Baron de Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws , advocated for a separation of powers between the political, legislature and executive bodies. Their principle was that no person should be able to usurp all powers of the state , in contrast to

14595-676: The most influential. In contrast to English common law, which consists of enormous tomes of case law, codes in small books are easy to export and easy for judges to apply. However, today there are signs that civil and common law are converging. EU law is codified in treaties, but develops through de facto precedent laid down by the European Court of Justice . Ancient India and China represent distinct traditions of law, and have historically had independent schools of legal theory and practice. The Arthashastra , probably compiled around 100 AD (although it contains older material), and

14734-662: The musical soap, Diva . He did local adaptations of international titles like the Kim Samsoon (Korea), La Lola (Argentina), Zaido (Japan) and Zorro (US). His Filipino version of the Korean drama, Temptation of Wife and My Beloved were aired in 2012 while Carmela: Ang Pinakamagandang Babae sa Mundong Ibabaw was aired in 2014. Then came the commercial and critical success of My Husband's Lover . Aside from television shows, Dominic directed films such as Kuya , Mulawin: The Movie , My Valentine Girl , and Boy Pick-up

14873-512: The necessary elements: courts , lawyers , judges, a fully articulated legal code, principles of legal interpretation, and coercive penalties, though it lacks civilly-binding force in most secular jurisdictions. Until the 18th century, Sharia law was practiced throughout the Muslim world in a non-codified form, with the Ottoman Empire 's Mecelle code in the 19th century being a first attempt at codifying elements of Sharia law. Since

15012-538: The notion of justice, and re-entered the mainstream of Western culture through the writings of Thomas Aquinas , notably his Treatise on Law . Hugo Grotius , the founder of a purely rationalistic system of natural law, argued that law arises from both a social impulse—as Aristotle had indicated—and reason. Immanuel Kant believed a moral imperative requires laws "be chosen as though they should hold as universal laws of nature". Jeremy Bentham and his student Austin, following David Hume , believed that this conflated

15151-468: The number of students reached 175. On February 12, 1912, the college was incorporated under the sole ownership of the college director, Br. Eilenbecker. In March 1912, four more Brothers arrived, Wilfrid, Basilian Coin, Dorotheus Joseph and Egbert Xavier Kelly. The college was permitted to confer high school diplomas in the same year. It received a charter from the Governor-General of

15290-498: The oldest degree-granting units of the university. The College of Liberal Arts was originally established as the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1982, the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics separated from the Liberal Arts department to formally establish the College of Science as a distinct unit in the university. The College of Business was originally known as the College of Commerce, and later reorganized as

15429-570: The positivist tradition in his book the Pure Theory of Law . Kelsen believed that although law is separate from morality, it is endowed with "normativity", meaning we ought to obey it. While laws are positive "is" statements (e.g. the fine for reversing on a highway is €500); law tells us what we "should" do. Thus, each legal system can be hypothesised to have a ' basic norm ' ( German : Grundnorm ) instructing us to obey. Kelsen's major opponent, Carl Schmitt , rejected both positivism and

15568-490: The positivists for their refusal to treat law as a moral issue. Dworkin argues that law is an " interpretive concept" that requires judges to find the best fitting and most just solution to a legal dispute, given their Anglo-American constitutional traditions. Joseph Raz , on the other hand, defended the positivist outlook and criticised Hart's "soft social thesis" approach in The Authority of Law . Raz argues that law

15707-577: The price-per-unit for 6 colleges (RVR-COB, CLA, GCOE, SOE, COS, CCS) is ₱ 3,604.00 with the only exception being the Br. Andrew Gonzalez College of Education with ₱3,021.00 . Total cost of studies per year in DLSU may range from, on average, ₱205,000 to ₱225,000 . DLSU offers multiple scholarship and financial aid programs in both the undergraduate and the graduate levels. High school valedictorians and salutatorians of all De La Salle Philippines schools are automatically exempted from paying fees under

15846-416: The principle of representative government people vote for politicians to carry out their wishes. Although countries like Israel, Greece, Sweden and China are unicameral , most countries are bicameral , meaning they have two separately appointed legislative houses. In the 'lower house' politicians are elected to represent smaller constituencies . The 'upper house' is usually elected to represent states in

15985-469: The question of the extent to which law incorporates morality. John Austin 's utilitarian answer was that law is "commands, backed by threat of sanctions, from a sovereign, to whom people have a habit of obedience". Natural lawyers , on the other hand, such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau , argue that law reflects essentially moral and unchangeable laws of nature. The concept of "natural law" emerged in ancient Greek philosophy concurrently and in connection with

16124-427: The reorganization of DLSU in 2007, the chancellor was referred to as the executive vice president . The president may concurrently be the chancellor of the university, as with former president and chancellor Br. Armin Luistro, FSC . Since its establishment in 1911, De La Salle University has had 24 presidents (10 Filipinos, six Americans , six Irishmen , and two Frenchmen ), with Br. Bernard S. Oca, FSC serving as

16263-404: The same year, it had 11,413 undergraduate and 3,366 graduate students, making a total of 14,779, with 704 of these being non-Filipino. Fifty-three percent of the undergraduate students were male while 59 of the graduate students were female. Eighty-five percent of its students come from Metro Manila while almost all reside near the university. In 2011, it had an average of 990 faculty members for

16402-402: The sharing of many features traditionally considered typical of either common law or civil law. The third type of legal system is religious law, based on scriptures . The specific system that a country is ruled by is often determined by its history, connections with other countries, or its adherence to international standards. The sources that jurisdictions adopt as authoritatively binding are

16541-491: The southern portion of the DLSU campus in front of a popular burger shop along Taft Avenue on September 26, 2010, at around 5:05 pm by opposing rival Law fraternities, the same day as the Philippine Bar exams conducted by the university. The blast injured 47 individuals, two of whom required limbs to be amputated. Anthony Leal Nepomuceno was indicted by the Philippine Department of Justice on April 29, 2011, on

16680-458: The split between Chiang Kai-shek 's nationalists, who fled there, and Mao Zedong 's communists who won control of the mainland in 1949. The current legal infrastructure in the People's Republic of China was heavily influenced by Soviet Socialist law , which essentially prioritises administrative law at the expense of private law rights. Due to rapid industrialisation, today China is undergoing

16819-562: The university is St. John Baptist de La Salle , the Vatican's patron saint for those who work in education. He was the founder of the De La Salle Christian Brothers and a network of over 1,100 Lasallian educational institutions in 80 countries. De La Salle University has been cited by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as a Center of Excellence in 14 of its programs, and

16958-672: The university rankings based on Centers of Excellence and Centers of Development awarded by CHED, after University of the Philippines Diliman and University of Santo Tomas, and ahead of University of San Carlos and Ateneo de Manila University. It is the first of the only two institutions (the other being Ateneo de Manila University) granted the highest-level accreditation (Level IV) by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU). In 2011, all of its undergraduate programs that are accredited by PAASCU are designated Level III while graduate programs are designated Level II. As of 2024, 11 programs of DLSU hold

17097-621: The way the law actually worked. Religious law is explicitly based on religious precepts. Examples include the Jewish Halakha and Islamic Sharia —both of which translate as the "path to follow". Christian canon law also survives in some church communities. Often the implication of religion for law is unalterability because the word of God cannot be amended or legislated against by judges or governments. Nonetheless, most religious jurisdictions rely on further human elaboration to provide for thorough and detailed legal systems. For instance,

17236-418: The word "law" had two different and irreconcilable meanings. Thurman Arnold said that it is obvious that it is impossible to define the word "law" and that it is also equally obvious that the struggle to define that word should not ever be abandoned. It is possible to take the view that there is no need to define the word "law" (e.g. "let's forget about generalities and get down to cases "). One definition

17375-728: Was able to secure a 30,300-square-meter (326,000 sq ft) lot at the southernmost boundary of Manila. In 1931, the college discontinued its two-year commerce program in favor of a three-year Bachelor of Science in Commerce program, which was approved a year earlier. During the Second World War , the American De La Salle Christian Brothers were interred in the Japanese Los Baños Internment Camp for

17514-416: Was built on land donated by the family of the late National Artist for Architecture and De La Salle alumnus Leandro Locsin . It was originally known as De La Salle Canlubang (DLSC), a district school of De La Salle Philippines that provided science-and-technology-based primary, secondary, and tertiary education. In 2012, the administrations of DLSU and DLSC approved the integration of DLSC into DLSU, becoming

17653-651: Was dissolved in 1968 and transferred to La Salle Green Hills on Ortigas Avenue , Mandaluyong, then in Rizal . The College of Commerce, together with Ateneo de Manila University , gave birth to the Asian Institute of Management in the same year with assistance from the Ford Foundation and Harvard University . Several other units were established in the following years. The school became co-educational in 1973. On February 19, 1975, De La Salle College

17792-472: Was equitable in a case. From the time of Sir Thomas More , the first lawyer to be appointed as Lord Chancellor, a systematic body of equity grew up alongside the rigid common law, and developed its own Court of Chancery . At first, equity was often criticised as erratic. Over time, courts of equity developed solid principles , especially under Lord Eldon . In the 19th century in England, and in 1937 in

17931-541: Was established in 1947 after World War II , and the College of Computer Studies was created in 1981, the same year the university shifted to a trimestral academic calendar. The College of Law and the School of Economics , both established in 2010, are the newest units of the university. The College of Law was established by Founding Dean Chel Diokno . It offers a Juris Doctor degree program with focus on environmental and human rights law . On February 26, 2022, it

18070-462: Was established in May 2013 upon approval by Br. Ricardo Laguda FSC, then president and chancellor of DLSU, to which the existing Marine Station would be attached. The SHORE Center is headquartered at Henry Sy Sr. Hall of the Manila campus. As a non-stock incorporated entity , DLSU is governed by an independent board of trustees . The DLSU Board of Trustees, currently chaired by Nestor V. Tan, selects

18209-496: Was formed so that merchants could trade with common standards of practice rather than with the many splintered facets of local laws. The Law Merchant, a precursor to modern commercial law, emphasised the freedom to contract and alienability of property. As nationalism grew in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Law Merchant was incorporated into countries' local law under new civil codes. The Napoleonic and German Codes became

18348-531: Was granted university status and became known as De La Salle University (DLSU). Since 2008, it has referred to itself as De La Salle University, its registered name in the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission . The Grade School Department was deprecated in 1978. In 1981, De La Salle University shifted from the traditional semestral academic calendar to a trimestral one. Prior to this, students were referred to as Lasallites , but this

18487-467: Was heavily influenced by Greek philosophy, but its detailed rules were developed by professional jurists and were highly sophisticated. Over the centuries between the rise and decline of the Roman Empire , law was adapted to cope with the changing social situations and underwent major codification under Theodosius II and Justinian I . Although codes were replaced by custom and case law during

18626-476: Was later discontinued in 1931 in favor of a Bachelor of Science in Commerce program. De La Salle University is widely regarded as one of the leading universities in the Philippines , offering over a hundred coeducational undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its seven colleges and one school specializing in the disciplines of business , computer studies , economics , education , engineering , law , liberal arts , and science . The patron of

18765-673: Was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army and made into military defense quarters on January 2, 1942. Several bombings severely damaged the DLSC campus. Despite this, classes continued during the Japanese occupation. During this time, several Lasallites and Ateneans set their school rivalry aside to share their De La Salle College classrooms together with students from various neighboring schools. The DLSC high school classes were later transferred to St. Scholastica's College, Manila in 1943. Classes were eventually discontinued at

18904-502: Was renamed as the Tañada-Diokno College of Law. The School of Economics is the product of the reorganization of the now-defunct College of Business and Economics to create two separate entities in the university. The School of Economics formally separated from the College of Business in 2010. Academic performance is rated from 4.0 (excellent) to 0.0 (fail). Grades 4.0 to 1.0 are separated by increments of 0.5, while 0.0

19043-420: Was replaced with Lasallian , the present term. In 1987, the university, together with four other Lasallian institutions, became part of the De La Salle University System. The system was later dissolved in favor of De La Salle Philippines , a network of 16 Lasallian institutions. De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (DLS–CSB) became independent of the university in 1988. A Mk 2 grenade was detonated outside

19182-508: Was the only private university from the Philippines to be included at the time. De La Salle University also made its debut appearance on the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings in 2019, where it was placed in the 251–300 bracket. As of 2024, DLSU is placed in the 1501+ and 501–600 brackets, respectively. As of 2024, De La Salle University is ranked first in the Philippines by

19321-439: Was to "Teach Minds, Touch Hearts and Transform Lives" while providing tuition-free education to the poor. The De La Salle Christian Brothers eventually agreed to establish a school in Manila, conceding that the "upper-class children of the ruling elite families also needed good Catholic moral and spiritual training." De La Salle University traces its founding roots to Manila Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty . Harty, an alumnus of

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