Practice question
A party cites lex contractus to seek dismissal without identifying any law denying the RTC power over the pleaded specific-performance controversy. What does Hasegawa require the court to distinguish?
- The ink from the paper only
- Whether the tribunal may adjudicate from which substantive law governs the merits
- Whether the contract is long or short
- Whether the parties like the forum
- Whether foreign contracts are always void
Legal references
- Hasegawa v. Kitamura, G.R. No. 149177, November 23, 2007, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2007/nov2007/gr_149177_2007.html
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