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Submitted by: Abraham Guiyab

Submitted to: Dr. George Carmona

CC: Gregory Ong (Negative), Angela Feria (Judge)Submitted on: !ay "#$%

&ro'oition: IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY, EFFECTIVENESS AND

EFFICIENCY OF OUR LEGAL INSTITUTIONS, BY STRENGTHENING

THE RULE OF LAW IN OUR COUNTRY, WILL RESULT TO FASTER 

AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. FOR THIS

REASON, REFORM OF THE LEGAL INSTITUTIONS SHOULD TAKE

PRIORITY IN OUR DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.

ebuttal *rie+ +or the A++irmative Side

I. Social I!"i"#"io! Will Ta$% "&% Plac% o' "&% R#l% o' La(

he Negative ide 'reume that the role o+ the ule o+ -a in 'romoting e/onomi/develo'ment i largely di'enable, be/aue o+ the 'reen/e o+ variou /ae o+ e/onomi/

develo'ment in 'redominantly non01etern tate hi/h a/hieved ome +orm o+ groth be/aueo+ the e2iten/e o+ an intitution that largely u''lanted the role o+ la en+or/ement in governing

trana/tion, u/h a the +amily, o/ial 'ra/ti/e, or religiou intitution.

hi i /learly a +alla/iou line o+ reaoning. A relian/e on o/io0/ultural intitution +or 

the en+or/ement o+ right i an e2/e'tionally ri3 endeavor, and i e'e/ially +raught ith ri3,

A ha been mentioned, ri3 mitigation i one o+ the main reaon +or the e2iten/e o+ the rule o+ la to begin ith4 relying on /ulture or /utom, hi/h are inherently intable and e'hemeral

/ontru/t, i a very ri3y trategy. 1orth noting i that our on la re/ogni5e /utom a a

our/e o+ obligation only hen:

1hile ordinarily a la i ritten, /on/iouly made, and ena/ted by /ongre, a

/utom i unritten, 'ontaneou, and /ome +rom o/iety. !oreover, a la i

u'erior to a /utom a a our/e o+ right. 1hile the /ourt ta3e /ogni5an/e o+ lo/al la, there /an be no 6udi/ial noti/e o+ /utom, even i+ lo/al. A /utom

mut be 'roved a a +a/t, a//ording to the rule o+ eviden/e, otherie the /utom

/annot be /onidered a a our/e o+ right.$

Clearly, a an a'e/t o+ ri3 mitigation, it ould be erroneou to believe that /utomary

o/ial and /ultural intitution /an a/tually o++er both the tran'aren/y and reliability o+ a/tual

tatue and en+or/ement me/hanim. Cutom are not immediately viible or a''arent,e'e/ially to outider in a given lo/ality. he rule o+ la im'oe both uni+ormity and

 'redi/tability", omething that be undertood both by outider and lo/al. 1hile it i true that

1 Ne Civil Code, Art. $$ 7 $".

2 Garri/3 A'ollon, he 8ntere/tion beteen -egal i3 !anagement and Di'ute eolution in the

Commer/ial Conte2t, $9 &e''. Di'. eol. -.J. "% ("#$9) Available at:htt':;;digital/ommon.'e''erdine.edu;drl6;vol$9;i";"

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ome o/ietie ith ea3 level o+ legal intitution and the rule o+ la in general have e2hibited

e/onomi/ groth, thi hould 6ut be treated merely a an indi/ator o+ the +a/t that e/onomi/

groth i generally the normal tate o+ being in mot /ivili5ed o/ietie in ordinary/ir/umtan/e. etated, it i not /orre/t to vie the /ae o+ 're0indutrial o/ietie hi/h

e2'erien/ed groth a being be/aue they had no rule o+ la, rather, e hould vie it a them

a/hieving groth in 'ite o+ the la/3 o+ legal intitution.

II. Pa!!a)% o' A*+ii!"a"io! I*ica"%! R#l% o' La( i! o" co%la"%* "o Ecoo+ic

Go("&

Again, the Negative attem't to 'ortray the +a/t that variou adminitration /hange

ithout a''re/iable hi+t in the e/onomy (to ue the Negative

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Although initially it eemed a though 'aage o+ the bill a unli3ely, the negotiation

/ondu/ted during the -egilative02e/utive Develo'ment Adviory Coun/il (-DAC) 'roved

intrumental in e2'editing Congreional a''roval.9 hu, an early Oil 8ndutry Deregulation laa 'aed hi/h a in +or/e +or roughly $ month beginning in A'ril o+ $@@%, until the

e/ond and 'reently e2iting oil deregulation a 'aed. hi a /learly an un'o'ular /hoi/e,

 be/aue o+ the belie+ that it ould im'ly raie the 'ri/e +or e2iting 'etroleum 'rodu/t. Neverthele, it a done, and by doing o a ma6or tru/tural obta/le to im'lementing

ubtantial re+orm in one o+ the ma6or e/tor o+ the e/onomy a li+ted. 8t i /lear, to ay the

leat, that thi ty'e o+ re+orm, or /ountle other li3e it (u/h a tele/ommuni/ation or airline)ould not be 'oible relying merely on a ytem o+ 3inhi' or in+ormal o/ial intitution.%  8t

ta3e +ormal, e2iting, and ell etablihed legal4 intitution to addre the very real 'roblem o+ 

mar3et +ailure. Diru'tive re+orm u/h a the abovementioned ill not 'ro'er in an in+ormal

ytem ith 'rioriti5e avoiding the =ro/3ing o+ the boat)

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intitution.@  8n thi regard, u/h /ontention /annot but be treated a an o++er o+ a 3no/30o++ in

 'la/e o+ the real thing.$# An indutriali5ed and modern e/onomy hi/h doe not rely on +ormal

intitution and the rule o+ la /ertainly doe not deerve the title o+ being a =develo'ed< /ountry.

9 Gollub and !/uay, -egal m'oerment: Advan/ing Good Governan/e and &overty edu/tion in

 &aw and Policy Reform at the Asian Deelopment -an3 ("##$).

10 ?ammergren et al., he Jui/io 6e/utivo !er/antil 8n Federal Ditri/t Court o+ !e2i/o A tudy o+

the ue and Ber o+ Juti/e and heir 8m'li/ation 8n Judi/ial e+orm in 1orld *an3 e'ort ("##").