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Jan 27, 2021 · Under the Public Trust doctrine, the State requires these entities to maintain quality and good service for the general public and accomplish this through statutory regulation such as the Clean Water Act’s legislation.
We fill this void through the Public Trust Doctrine. The Public Trust Doctrine, while derived from English common law and American jurisprudence, has firm Constitutional and statutory moorings in our jurisdiction.
The famed resilience of the Filipino people is never a trait to be abused. These cases aim to impress upon everyone in the political sphere the import of the Public Trust Doctrine: the people are the ultimate owners of the country's resources, over which the State is a trustee, a subservient manager, a mere nominal holder.
Public trust is not magically restored by punishing the public officer's heirs—persons who most likely have nothing to do with that public officer's infractions. Prudence dictates that this case should be rendered moot as respondent Judge Castaneda died.
I note the ponencia's discussion on how the public trust doctrine is an integration of three (3) doctrines, in which the public interest is highlighted and the security of people, rights, and resources is protected:13 (1) the regalian doctrine; (2) police power; and (3) the doctrine of parens patriae.14
In August of 2019, the Public Trust Doctrine was categorically and formally introduced by the Supreme Court to the Philippine legal system. The Public Trust Doctrine thus provides that the State is a “trustee” of the national patrimony or the “res” and the public or the citizenry is the “beneficial owner” of the same.
Jul 31, 2021 · We fill this void through the Public Trust Doctrine. The Public Trust Doctrine, while derived from English common law and American jurisprudence, has firm Constitutional and statutory moorings in our jurisdiction.
