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Articulating key obligations of states to persons deprived of liberty under a right to health framework: the Philippine case study

by Eric Eckhart | Aug 4, 2021 | Lee Edson Yarcia

(August 2021) Yarcia, L. E., & Bernadas, J. M. A. C. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 240-253 Abstract:This paper aims to examine key obligations of states to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) under the right to health...

It’s time to decriminalize drug use: Insights from the legal history of prohibition in the Philippines

by Eric Eckhart | Jun 4, 2021 | Lee Edson Yarcia

(2021) Yarcia, L.E. in Drugs and Philippine Society, (Lasco ed.), Ateneo de Manila University Press. Abstract:Drugs and Philippine Society is a collection of critical essays that look at drug use, drug wars, and drug policies in the Philippines from different angles,...

Redefining “duty” towards an objective standard: An interdisciplinary appraisal of medical negligence jurisprudence in the Philippines

by Eric Eckhart | Jun 4, 2018 | Lee Edson Yarcia

Yarcia, L. E. (2018). Redefining “duty” towards an objective standard: An interdisciplinary appraisal of medical negligence jurisprudence in the Philippines. Phil. LJ, 91, 416.

Kalusugan sa kulungan: Examining the policy for people living with HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C in Philippine prisons

by Eric Eckhart | May 4, 2018 | Lee Edson Yarcia

(May 2018) Yarcia, L.E. Abstract:Following the government’s ongoing ‘war on drugs’, law enforcement operations increased, leading to a rapid rise in the numbers of people held in detention and prison facilities. This, in turn, worsened already poor prison conditions...

The public welfare dimension of the competition clauses: An exposition and application of the proper constitutional treatment for industries with adverse public health impacts

by Eric Eckhart | Jun 4, 2016 | Lee Edson Yarcia

(2016) Nadate, A. C. B., Yarcia, L. E. P., Guiang, A. J. B., Magtibay, M., & Lia Karen, S. (2016). Phil. LJ, 90, 797 Abstract:This article presents a systematic exposition of the competition clauses under Section 19, Article X11 of the 1987 Philippine...

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