Editor’s Note
Raul C. Pangalangan

The Scandal of the Speaking Judge (Decision-Making as Performance)
Florin T. Hilbay                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   1–26

The Rhetoric of Accountability in Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s State of the Nation Addresses (2001–2005)
Gene S. Navera                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  27–57

The Child Witness and the Law: The Truth (And Nothing But)
Elita Joy G. Pinga and Anna Victoria M. Velasco                                                                                                                                                                         59–112

Say It Isn’t Sex: The Politics of Sex Education in the Philippines
Carolina S. Ruiz Austria                                                                                                                                                                                                                    113–133