Annotated Pathfinder on SelfIncrimination

(Arranged alphabetically by author/editor)

Prepared by Liam Canlas
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Scope Note
Books
Electronic resources

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Scope Note:
Sources, suggested readings and cases on the definition, basis, limitations,
exercise and application of the right against self-incrimination.
Books:
Decano, A.B. (2010). THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE AND ITS RATIONALE, 2010 ed.
Quezon City: Central Book Supply.

Location: Filipiniana Section, UP Law Library Call no.: KF 5624.91 E8

D43 2010
Fernandez, P.V. & Fernandez, C.P. (Eds.) (1992). MANUAL ON THE GUARANTY
AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION. Quezon City: U.P. Law Complex, Institute of
Human Rights.

Location: Filipiniana Section, UP Law Library Call no.: KF 5624.91 S4

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FUNDAMENTAL LAW IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS (1959). Dallas : Southern
Methodist University Press.
Location: Foreign Section, UP Law Library Call no.: KB92 H21
A collection of four essays based on papers delivered by scholars at the 1958
Conference of Law in Society held at Southern Methodist Church. The third
essay is on compulsory self-incrimination.
Griswold, E.N. (1955). THE FIFTH AMMENDMENT TODAY: THREE SPEECHES.
Cambridge : Harvard University Press.

Location: Foreign Section, UP Law Library Call no.: KB94 S4 G88

Contains three speeches delivered in 1954 by Erwin Griswold The Fifth
Amendment, The Fifth Amendment as a symbol, and Per Legem Terrae
which deals with legislative investigations.

Hook, S. (1957). COMMON SENSE AND THE FIFTH AMMENDMENT. New York :
Criterion Books.
Location: Social Sciences Section, UP Main Library Call no.: JC 597 H76
Analyzes the fifth amendment with respect to logic, psychology, ethics,
politics and the individual.
Maguire, J.M. (1959). EVIDENCE OF GUILT: RESTRICTIONS UPON ITS
DISCOVERY OR COMPULSORY DISCLOSURE. Boston : Little, Brown.
Location: Foreign Section, UP Law Library Call no.: KB192 M271
Discusses the privilege against self-incrimination, involuntary confessions,
the McNabb-Mallory doctrine, and illegally obtained evidence.
Mayers, L (1959). SHALL WE AMEND THE FIFTH AMMENDMENT. New York:
Harper.
Location: Foreign Section, UP Law Library Call no.: KB94 S4 M4
Analysis of the history of the privilege against self-incrimination and its
present.
Meltzer, M. (1972). THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. New York : Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich.
Location: Foreign Section, UP Law Library Call no.: KB94 S4 M44
Cites specific cases to serve as an introduction to the Fifth Amendment and
its significance in protecting the innocent.
Taylor, J.B. (2004). THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELFINCRIMINATION. Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO.
Location: Foreign Section, UP Law Library Call no.: KF 9646 T39 2004
An extensive analysis of two complementary rights of the accused counsel
and right against self-incrimination, their interpretation by the U.S. Supreme
Court, and the ongoing debate over their role in the criminal justice system.

Electronic:
Ayson v. People, G.R. No. 85215, July 7, 1989, available at
http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1989/jul1989/gr_85215_1989.html
(accessed on April 13, 2016)
Landmark case. Contains definition and limitations of the right against selfincrimination.

Const,
(1987)
Art.
III,
Sec.
17,
available
at
http://www.gov.ph/constitutions/1987-constitution/ (last visited on May 25,
2016)
Contains provision establishing the right against self-incrimination.