'He who has less in life should have more in law' is the wisdom popularized by the late President Ramon Magsaysay as far as the constitutional social justice principle is concerned. The pending Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers should be the translation into reality of President Magsaysay's wisdom. The original Magna Carta is one of the most famous documents in the world, short for Magna Carta Libertatum, the Medieval Latin for 'the Great Charter of the Liberties.' Originally issued by King John of England as a practical solution to the political crisis he faced in 1215, Magna Carta established for the first time the principle that everybody, including the king, was subject to the law.

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