2017 BAR EXAMINATIONS
Civit LAW
PART|— GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Effect and Application of Laws (Civil Code) _
Include: Conflict of Laws (Private Intemational Law)
Human Relations (Arts. 19-22, Civil Code)
Exclude: Independent civil actions and prejudicial questions
which will be covered by the examinations in Remedial Law
PART Il - PERSONS AND FAMILY RELATIONS
Persons and Personality (Civil Code)
Marriage (Family Code)
Exclude:
1. Muslim Code (P.D. 1083)
2. Duties of a Civil Registrar under Articles 12-19, 23-25
(Family Code)
3. AM. No. 02-11-10-SC, Rule on Declaration of Absolute
Nullity of Void Marriages and Annulment of Voidable
Marriages; R.A. No. 6955, entitled “An Act to Declare
Unlawful the Practice of Matching Filipino Women for
Marriage to Foreign Nationals on a Mail Order Basis and
Other Similar Practices xxx’. R.A. No. 9208 or the Anti-
Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003
Legal Separation (Family Code)
Exclude: A.M. No. 02-11-11-SC, or the Rule on Legal
Separation
Rights and Obligations Between Husband and Wife (Family
Code)
Exclude: R.A. No. 7192 or the Women in Development and
Nation Building Act; R.A. No.8187, or the Paternity Leave Act of
1996; R.A. No. 9710, or The Magna Carta of Women.2017 Bar Examinations
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Property Relations of the Spouses (Family Code)
Exclude: Summary Judicial Proceedings in Family Law Cases
The Family (Family Code)
1. The family as an institution
2. The family home
Paternity and Filiation (Family Code)
Exclude: A.M. No. 06-11-5-SC or Rule on DNA Evidence
Adoption
A. Domestic Adoption Act of 1998 (R.A. No. 8552)
1. Who can adopt
2. Who can be adopted
3. Rights of an adopted child (include Art. 189-190, Family
Code)
4. Instances when adoption may be rescinded
5. Effects of rescission
Exclude:
1. Rule on Adoption (A.M. No. 02-6-02-SC)
2. R.A. No. 9523, entitled “An Act Requiring Certification of
the Department of Social Welfare and Development to
Declare a ‘Child Legal Available for Adoption’ as a
Prerequisite for Adoption Proceedings xxx.”
B. Inter-Country Adoption Act of 1995 (R.A. No. 8043)
1. When allowed
2. Who can adopt
3. Who can be adopted
C. Distinction between domestic adoption and_ inter-country
adoption
Exclude: Articles 183-188, 191-193 (Family Code)
‘Support (Family Code)
Parental Authority (Family Code)
Include: Child Abuse Law (R.A. No. 7610), specifically Sec. 10
(c)
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Exclude:
1, Rule on Guardianship of Minors (A.M. No. 03-02-05-SC)
2. Rules on Custody of Minors and Writ of Habeas Corpus in
Relation to Custody of Minors (A.M. 0. 03-04-04-SC)
3. Solo Parents’ Welfare Act of 2000 (R.A. No. 8972)
4. The Early Childhood Care and Development Act (R.A.
No. 8980)
5. RA. No. 9231, entitled “An Act Providing for the
Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and
Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child xxx,”
which will be covered under Labor Law
Emancipation (Arts. 234 and 236, Family Code, as amended
by R.A. No. 6809 which lowered the age of majority)
Retroactivity of the Family Code (Art. 256)
Exclude: Arts. 254-255, 257 (Family Code)
Funerals (Arts. 305-310, Civil Code)
Exclude: Care and Education of Children (Arts. 356-363, Civil
Code)
Use of Surnames
Arts, 364-380, Civil Code (other articles not repealed by Family
Code)
Include: R.A. No. 9255 (An Act Allowing Illegitimate Children to
Use the Surname of Their Father)
Absence
1. Art. 41, Family Code
2. Art. 381-389, Civil Code
3. Art. 390-392, Civil Code (Presumption of Death)
PART Ill - PROPERTY
Characteristics
Classification
Ownership
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Accession
Quieting of Title to or Interest in and Removal or
Prevention of Cloud over Title or Interest in Real Property
VI. Co-ownership
Vil. Possession
Vill. Usufruct
IX. Easements
X. Nuisance
XI. Modes of Acquiring Ownership
Xil. Donations
Prescription
1 Definition
ll. Acquisitive and Extinctive Prescription
lll. Instances when prescription is not allowed
IV. Prescription or limitation of actions
PART IV- OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS
Obligations
L Definition, Elements
Il. Sources of Obligation
lll. Nature and Effects of Obligations
IV. Kinds of Obligations
1. Pure and Conditional
2. Obligations with a Period
3. Alternative Obligations
4. Joint and Solidary Obligations
5. Divisible and Indivisible Obligations
6. Obligations with a Penal Clause
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Extinguishment of Obligations
Payment or Performance
. Loss of the Thing Due
Condonation or remission of debt
. Confusion or merger of rights of creditor and debtor
. Compensation
. Novation
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Contracts
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Essential Requisites
Kinds of Contracts
Objects, Cause and Form of Contracts
Reformation of Instruments
Interpretation of Contracts
Rescissible Contracts
Voidable Contracts
Unenforceable Contracts
Void and Inexistent Contracts
Natural Obligations
Estoppel
PART V- SALES
Nature and Form of Contract
Capacity to Buy or Sell
Effects of the Contract when the Thing Sold has been lost
Obligations of the Vendor
Obligations of the Vendee
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VI. Breach of Contract
Include:
1. Recto Law: sale of movables on installment (Articles
1484-1486, Civil Code)
2. Maceda Law: sale of immovable on installment (RA 6552)
Vil. Extinguishment of Sale
Vill. Assignment of Credits
PART VI — LEASE
|. General Provisions
1. Lease of Things
2. Lease of Work and Services
Il Lease of Rural and Urban Lands
Ill Rights and Obligations of Lessor and Lessee
IV. Special Rules for Lease of Rural/Urban Lands
Exclude: Household Service, Contract of Labor, Contract for
Piece of Work (for inclusion in Labor Law)
PART Vil — PARTNERSHIP
|. Contract of Partnership
Il. Rights and Obligations of Partnership
lll. Rights and Obligations of Partners Among Themselves
IV. Obligations of Partnership/ Partners to Third Persons
V. Dissolution and Winding Up
Vi. Limited Partnership
PART Vill - AGENCY
1. Definition
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Nature, Form and Kinds of Agency
Obligations of the Agent
Obligations of the Principal
Modes of Extinguishment
PART IX — TRUST
Definition
Kinds of Trust
1. Express Trust
2. Implied Trust
PART X — CREDIT TRANSACTIONS
Loan
Deposit
Guaranty and Suretyship
Pledge, Mortgage and Antichresis, Chattel Mortgage
(include Act 1508)
Quasi-Contracts
Concurrence and Preference of Credits
Include: Section 133 of Republic Act No. 10142 (An Act
Providing for the Rehabilitation or Liquidation of Financially
Distressed Enterprises and Individuals)
PART XI — SUCCESSION
General Provisions
Testamentary Succession/Wills
Legal or Intestate Succession
Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Succession
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Exclude: Executors and administrators (Articles 1058-1060,
Civil Code), which will be covered under Remedial Law
PART XII- LAND TITLES AND DEEDS
Torrens System (General Principles)
Ori
inal Registration
Subsequent Registration
1. Voluntary dealings
2. Involuntary dealings
B. Non-registrable Properties
C. Dealings with Unregistered Lands
Exclude:
History of land laws
Remedies sufficiently covered under Remedial Law
Registration of Judgments, orders and partitions
. Assurance fund
. Registration of patents
. Administrative structure of the Register of Deeds
. Consultas
NOORONA
PART Xill~ TORTS AND DAMAGES
Book | — Torts/Quasi-Delicts
Articles 2176-2194 (Civil Code)
Defini
in, Elements
Classification of Torts
1. Negligent Torts
2. Intentional Torts
3. Strict Liability
The Tortfeasor
1. Direct tortfeasor
2. Persons made responsible for others
3. Nature of liability
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IV. The Concepts and Doctrines of Res Ipsa Loquitur, Last
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Clear Chance, Proximate Cause, Damnum Absque Injuria,
Presumption of Negligence, Vicarious Liability.
Legal Injury
Book Il - Damages
Articles 2195-2236 (Civil Code)
General Provisions
Actual and Compensatory Damages
Moral Damages
Nominal Damages
Temperate or Moderate Damages
Liquidated Damages
Exemplary or Corrective Damages
I. Damages in Case of Death
IMPORTANT NOTES:
The listing of covered topics is not intended and should not be
used by law schools as a course outline, and that this listing has
been drawn up for the limited purpose of ensuring that the Bar
candidates are guided on the coverage of the 2017 Bar
Examinations.
All laws, rules and issuances pertinent to every subject and its
listed topics as of June 30, 2016 are examinable materials within
the coverage of the 2017 Bar Examinations.
Principles of law are not covered by the cut-off period stated
herein.
COMMITTEE FOR THE 2017 BAR Fee
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