This volume of essays seeks to honour a remarkable, true renaissance man, Justice Florentino P. Feliciano. We are privileged to know him as a jurist, a teacher, a scholar, a lawyer, a loyal citizen of his beloved country, the Philippines, and a citizen of the world. He has had multiple careers of achievement and positive legacy in so many fields that it is hard to imagine how one individual could accomplish it all. He was a Justice of the Philippines Supreme Court from 1986 to 1995, thereafter, he was one of the first seven members of the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body from 1995 to 2001 and its Chairman in 2000 to 2001. For years he has been one of the world's most experienced international legal scholars and arbitrators. He is highly respected in the international law community having been, among many other distinctions, an associé de l'Institut de Droit International for almost forty years and a Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law. A short biographical note on Justice Feliciano and a bibliography of his publications is included in this volume.

Justice Feliciano (‘Toy’ to his many friends and colleagues around the world) is a very humble, kind and thoughtful gentleman. He is a principled and religious man, with a passion for justice, equality, and the rule of law, both in his own country and in the international community.