Territory

Modes of Acquisition

1. Western Sahara Case [Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. (1975)]

2. Island of Palmas Case [2 U.N. R.I.A.A. 829]

Law of the Sea

Baselines Archipelagic States

Straight Archipelagic Baselines Archipelagic Waters Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage

1. Department of Foreign Affairs vs. NLRC [G.R. No. 113191, 18 September 1996]
 2. Liang (Huefeng) vs. People of the Philippines [G.R. No. 125865, 28 January 2000]

Concurring Opinion – J. Puno [26 March 2001]

Regime of Islands Internal Waters

Territorial Sea
Exclusive Economic Zone Continental Shelf

Extended Continental Shelf International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea

Republic Act No. 9522

Section 2, Republic Act No. 5446

1. Magallona vs. Ermita [G.R. No. 187167, 16 July 2011]

2. In the matter of the South China Sea Arbitration [P.C.A. 2013-19]