Secretary of then Presiding Justice Jose P. Bengzon of the Court of Appeals in 1963 and, thereafter, upon the appointment of the latter to the Supreme Court in 1964, as his Private Secretary.

Justice Azcuna taught International Law at his alma mater, Ateneo de Manila, from 1967 to 1986. In 1982, he completed post-graduate studies in International Law and Jurisprudence at the Salzburg University in Austria.

Representing Zamboanga del Norte, he was elected as member of the 1971 Constitutional Convention. Subsequently, he was appointed as a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission. He held several government posts during the term of President Corazon C. Aquino, first as Presidential Legal Counsel, then as Press Secretary and subsequently as Presidential Spokesman. In 1991, he was appointed Chairman of the Philippine National Bank. On October 17, 2002, he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Justice Azcuna’s major publications include “International Sales of Goods,” “Transnational Law Practice,” “International Law Teaching in the Philippines,” “Doing Business in the Philippines,” “Foreign Judgment [Monetary] Enforcements in the Philippines,” “Piercing the Veil of Corporate Entity: From Willets to Santos,” “ASEAN Conflict of Law,” “The Supreme Court and Public International Law,” and "International Humanitarian Law: A Field Guide to the Basics."

Justice Azcuna is married to Maria Asuncion Aunario, Dean of Arts and Sciences of St. Scholastica’s College. They have four children: Anna Maria, Ma. Beatriz, Ma. Margarita and Miguel Enrique.

Justice Azcuna presently chairs the Committee on Computerization and Library and the Subcommittee on the Revision of Rules on Civil Procedure.   He also co-chairs the Committee on Gender Responsiveness in the Judiciary with Justice Conchita Carpio Morales.

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