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248:, Cortes was named as Dean of the U.P. College of Law, the first woman named to that position. She would serve as Dean until 1978. During the 1970s, Cortes was also active in the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, chairing its Committee on Professional Responsibility, Discipline and Disbarment from 1977 to 1984. 483: 327: 413: 257: 167: 55: 368: 351:
Cortes resumed teaching at the University of the Philippines after her retirement from the Court. She was the first female Supreme Court Justice to die, on October 28, 1996.
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which carried a sharply divided 8-7 Court. Reflecting views she had previously published before she was appointed to the Court, Cortes wrote that the
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Despite her relatively brief stint on the Court, Cortes made considerable contributions to jurisprudence. Her
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Cortes was the third woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of the Philippines after
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possessed "residual unstated powers" beyond those granted by the
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Irene Cortes (artist)
The Honorable

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Jose Feria
Hilario G. Davide Jr.
Legazpi, Albay
Philippine Islands
Manila
Associate Justice
Supreme Court of the Philippines
academic
dean
University of the Philippines College of Law
Cecilia Muñoz-Palma
Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera
Legazpi City
University of the Philippines College of Law
law degree
University of Michigan
masteral
doctoral
Philippines
administrative law
Vicente Abad Santos
Secretary of Justice
Associate Justice
Supreme Court
President

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