ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Atty. Steve Mercano Readings: 1.

The Constitution and Environmental Law: The Relevance of the Malcolm Activist Approach (J. Enrique Fernando, Philippine Law Journal, Vol. 69) 2. Oposa v Factoran, Jr. 224 scra 792 (including dissenting opinion) 3. Sec. 16, Article II, 1987 Constitution 4. Stances of a court in resolving environmental cases: Research definitions of the following terms: Interpretivism v Non-interpretivism Institutional Activism/Institutional Restraint Policy Activism Policy Restraint (see Judicial Activism and Restraint in Supreme Courts Environmental Law Decisions (evy and Glicksman; available online) and Constitutional Interpretivism: Its Allure and Impossibility (by John Hart Ely; available online 5. An overview of the State of the Philippine Environmental Protection a. Global Climate Change and Recent Developments in Philippine Environmental Law (Myrna S. Feliciano, IBP Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1 (August 2010) b. An environmental writ: The Philippines Avatar (Francis N. Tolentino)