Practice question
Explain the function of RA 9522 as a baselines law. Does its exclusion of a claimed outlying feature from the main archipelagic baseline enclosure necessarily surrender the Philippine territorial claim over that feature?
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 9522, March 10, 2009, Sections 1–2: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/23187
- Magallona v. Ermita, G.R. No. 187167, August 16, 2011, main decision, maritime baselines and regime of islands: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/29267
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