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48 Ateneo L.J. 4 (2003-2004)

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ISAE v Quisumbing: Drawing Lines Where

    There Are None
    Antonio M.  Elicaflo



 I.  INTRODUCTION.  .....      ................. ............ 4
 11. THEFAcTsINISAE..................................Is
 III. THE OPINION OF THE COURT  IN ISAE  .   ........   .......   7
    A.  Equal Pay for Equal Work
    B.  The Court's Obiter Dicta in ISAF
 IVAQUESTIONs  ARISING  FROM THE ISAE  DECISION....  . .   ...  . .22
    A.  Prospective or Retroactive Application?
    B.  Nunc  Pro Tuncjudgments
    C.  Equal Protection
 V.  CONCLUsION  .........   .........        ................. 30


                           1.   INTRODUCTION
 The First Division' of the Supreme Court, in International School Alliance of
 Educators v. Hon. Leonardo A. Quisumbing, in his capacity as the Secretary of
 Labor and Employment,  et al., reversed the orders of public respondents


 *  J.D. '94, Ateneo de Manila University School of Law, with honors. The author
 formerly served as the ChiefJudicial Staff Head of ChiefJustice Hilario 0. Davide,
Jr., and the Deputy  Executive Djector  of the Preparatory Commission  on
Constitutional Reform, headed by Chief Justice Andres R. Narvasa (Ret.). The
author currently works as an attorney with the Bernas Law Offices and lectures on
Constitutional Law at the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law.
    The author acknowledges the contribution of Atty. Katrina C. Monsod, of the
Ateneo Society of International Law, to this essay. This essay is written pursuant to
the Sasakawa Professorial Chair in International Law bestowed upon the author for
the school year 2oo2-o3. The author expresses his gratitude to Rev. Fr. Joaquin G.
Bernas, Sj., the Dean of the Ateneo Law School, for his support in having made this
grant possible, and to Arty. Jose A. Bernas, the Managing Partner of the Bernas Law
Offices and a lecturer in Privpte International Law at the Ateneo Law School, for his
input to this essay and his support of the Author's academic pursuits. The views
expressed in this comment, however, are entirely the author's.
Cite as 48 ATENEO L.J. 4 (2003).


s.  The First Division is composed of ChiefJustice Davide and Justices Kapunan,
    Puno, Pardo, and Ynares-Santiago.
2.  333 SCRA  13 (2000).


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