Expanding the Role of Philippine Languages in the Legal System: The Dim Prospects

• Main Author: Martin, Isabel Pefianco
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2012
• Subjects: South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/english-faculty-pubs/20; https://journals.ateneo.edu/ojs/index.php/apah/article/view/121
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article considers the prospect of expanding the role of the national language, as well as other Philippine languages, in the legal system.While Tagalog-based Filipino, which is the national language according to the 1987 Constitution, is used extensively alongside English in schools,the nationa...