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He was born in San Fernando, in Pampanga province of central Luzon. Two paternal uncles were prominent Filipinos during the American period, Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos, and his brother Pedro, a leading socialist leader during the Commonwealth era.
Santos earned his Bachelor's degree and degree in law at the University of the Philippines before earning a master's degree at Harvard Law School in the United States. After serving briefly as a trial court judge, he joined the faculty of the University of the Philippines College of Law as its dean in 1958. He would serve as dean for the next 11 years.
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