Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
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Table of Contents
GENERAL PRINCIPLES...................................................................................................................................... 10
Civil law vs. Common Law (1997) ............................................................................................................................... 10
Effect of Obiter & Dissenting Opinion; SC Decisions (1994)......................................................................................... 10
Effectivity of Laws (1990) ........................................................................................................................................... 10
Equity follows the Law (2003)..................................................................................................................................... 10
Ignorance of the Law vs. Mistake of Fact (1996)........................................................................................................... 11
Inferior Courts Decisions (1994) ................................................................................................................................. 11
Prejudicial Questions (1997)....................................................................................................................................... 11
PERSONS.................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Change of Name; Under RA 9048 (2006) ...................................................................................................................... 11
Death; Effects; Simultaneous Death (1998).................................................................................................................. 12
Death; Effects; Simultaneous Death (1999).................................................................................................................. 12
Death; Effects; Simultaneous Death (2000).................................................................................................................. 12
Juridical Capacity vs. Capacity to Act (1996) ............................................................................................................... 12
Juridical Capacity; Natural Persons (1999) .................................................................................................................. 13
Waiver of Rights (2004) .............................................................................................................................................. 13
CONFLICT OF LAWS............................................................................................................................................ 13
Appilicable Laws; laws governing contracts (1992) ..................................................................................................... 13
Applicable Laws; Arts 15, 16 & 17 (1998) ..................................................................................................................... 13
Applicable Laws; Arts 15, 16, 17 (2002)........................................................................................................................ 14
Applicable Laws; Capacity to Act (1998)...................................................................................................................... 14
Applicable Laws; Capacity to Buy Land (1995) ............................................................................................................ 15
Applicable Laws; Capacity to Contract (1995).............................................................................................................. 15
Applicable Laws; capacity to succeed (1991)............................................................................................................... 15
Applicable Laws; contracts contrary to public policy (1996) ........................................................................................ 15
Applicable Laws; Contracts of Carriage (1995) ............................................................................................................ 16
Applicable Laws; Labor Contracts (1991) .................................................................................................................... 16
Applicable Laws; laws governing marriages (1992) ..................................................................................................... 17
Applicable Laws; laws governing marriages (2003) ..................................................................................................... 17
Applicable Laws; Sale of Real Property (1995)............................................................................................................. 17
Applicable Laws; Succession; Intestate & Testamentary (2001)................................................................................... 18
Applicable Laws; Sucession of Aliens (1995)............................................................................................................... 18
Applicable Laws; Wills executed abroad (1993) ........................................................................................................... 18
Definition; Cognovit; Borrowing Statute; Characterization (1994) ................................................................................ 18
Definition; forum non-conveniens; long-arm statute (1994) ......................................................................................... 19
Divorce; effect of divorce granted to former Filipinos; Renvoi Doctrine (1997)............................................................. 19
Domiciliary theory vs. Nationality Theory (2004).......................................................................................................... 19
Forum Non Conveniens & Lex Loci Contractus (2002)................................................................................................. 19
Nationality Theory (2004)............................................................................................................................................ 20
Naturalization (2003) .................................................................................................................................................. 20
Theory; significant relationships theory (1994)............................................................................................................ 20
Torts; Prescriptive Period (2004) ................................................................................................................................ 21
ADOPTION................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Adoption; Use of Surname of her Natural Mother (2006) .............................................................................................. 21
Inter-Country Adoption; Formalities (2005).................................................................................................................. 21
Parental Authority; Rescission of Adoption (1994) ...................................................................................................... 21
Qualification of Adopter (2005)................................................................................................................................... 22
Qualification of Adopter; Applicable Law (2001) .......................................................................................................... 22
Qualifications of Adopter (2000) ................................................................................................................................. 22
Qualifications of Adopter (2003) ................................................................................................................................. 23
Successional Rights of Adopted Child (2004) .............................................................................................................. 23
FAMILY CODE......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Emancipation (1993)................................................................................................................................................... 23
Family Code; Retroactive Application; Vested Rights (2000)........................................................................................ 24
CIVIL LAW Answers to the BAR as Arranged by Topics (Year 1990-2006)
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Family Home; Dwelling House (1994) .......................................................................................................................... 24
Family; Constitutional Mandates; Divorce (1991)......................................................................................................... 24
Marriage; Annulment; Effects; Requisites Before Remarriage (1990) ........................................................................... 24
Marriage; Annulment; Grounds (1991)......................................................................................................................... 25
Marriage; Annulment; Judicial Declaration (1993)........................................................................................................ 25
Marriage; Annulment; Legal Separation; Prescription of Actions (1996) ...................................................................... 25