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Knight vs. DMCI et al. [DISSENTING OPINION, JARDELEZA, J]

KNIGHTS OF RIZAL, Petitioner versus DMCI HOMES, INC., DMCI PROJECT DEVELOPERS, INC., CITY OF MANILA, NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, and NATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondents PRESENT: SERENO, CJ; CARPIO; VELASCO, JR; LEONARDO-DE CASTRO; PERALTA; BERSAMIN; DEL CASTILLO; MENDOZA; REYES; PERLAS-BERNABE; LEONEN; JARDELEZA; CAGUIOA; MARTIRES; AND TIJAM, JJ

G.R. No. 213948 | 2017-04-25

DISSENTING OPINION
 
JARDELEZA, J:
 
Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration.1
 
The concept of the public welfare is broad and inclusive. The values it represents are spiritual as well as physical, aesthetic as well as monetary. It is within the power of the legislature to determine that the community should be beautiful as well as healthy, spacious as well as clean, well- balanced as well as carefully patrolled.-Justice William O. Douglas in Berman v. Parker2
 
To make us...