Group 1 I.

Research in Case Law

a. Concept, Scope and Classification of Case Law
b. Parts of a Decision
c. Effects of a Decision
i. Doctrine of Precedent
ii. Res Judicata
iii. Reversal
iv. Overrules
v. Ratio decidendi - Aglipay vs. Ruiz, supra
vi. Obiter Dictum
vii. Binding
viii. Persuasive
ix. Domino Method of Adjudication (Digest)
- People vs. Malngan, 503 SCRA
294 (2006)
- People vs. Lauga, 615 SCRA 548
(2010)
- Echegaray vs. Secretary of
Justice, 301 SCRA 96 (1999)
- Re: Petition for Recognition of
the Exemption of the GSIS, 612 SCRA 193
(2010)
- Baguio Market Vendors Multi-
Purpose Cooperative vs. Cabato-Cortes,
613 SCRA 733 (2010)
- In Re: Exemption of the National
Power Corporation, 615 SCRA 1 (2010)
- Re: In the Matter of Clarification
of Exemption from Payment of All Court
and Sheriffs Fees of Cooperatives, 668
SCRA 1 (2012)
x. Split Decisions, Pluralities and
Precedential Value
- Lambino vs. COMELEC, 505 SCRA
160 (2006): Dissenting Opinion of Justice
Puno
- Chavez vs. Public Estates
Authority, 403 SCRA 1 (2003): Dissenting
Opinion of Justice Sandoval-Gutierrez

d. Forms of Decisions
i. Majority/ Unanimous
ii. Concurring
iii. Separate Concurring Opinion
iv. Separate Opinion
v. Dissenting Opinion
Group 2 a. The Philippine Court System
vi. Give an Illustration
b. Case Law Materials
vii. Conventional Decisions
1. Decisions of the Supreme Court
a. Official Repositories of
Decision of the Supreme
Court
b. Unofficial Repositories of
Supreme Court Decisions
2. Decisions of the Court of Appeals
a. Silva vs. Mationg, 499
SCRA 724 (2006)
b. Nepomuceno vs. City of
Surigao (2008)
c. Ayala Corporation vs.
Rosa-Diana Realty, 346
SCRA 663 (2000)
d. Siliman vs. Fontelo-
Paalan, 525 SCRA 759
(2007)
3. Decisions of the Sandiganbayan
4. Decisions of the Court of Tax
Appeals
5. Decisions of the Regional Trial
Courts
6. Decisions of the Metropolitan
Trial Court, Municipal Trial Courts
and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts
viii. Subordinate Decisions
1. The Senate Electoral Tribunal and
the House of Representatives
Electoral Tribunal
2. Administrative Agencies
Exercising Quasi- Judicial Powers
c. Reliance of Foreign Jurisprudence
ix. PDIC vs. Citibank, N.A., 669 SCRA 191
(2012)
x. Caveat on Foreign Jurisprudence
1. Sanders vs. Veridiano, 162 SCRA
88 (1988)
2. Garcia vs. COMELEC, 227 SCRA
100 (1993)
3. Francisco vs. House of
Representatives, 415 SCRA 44
(2003)
xi. Citation and Adoption of Foreign Case
 Law
1. MMDA vs. Concerned Residents
of Manila Bay, 574 SCRA 661
(2008)
2. Secretary of National Defense vs.
Manalo, 568 SCRA 1 (2008)
d. Citation of Case Law
xii. Case Names
xiii. Case Reports

Group 3 I. The Legal Research Process

A. Systematic Approach In Legal Research
II. Fundamental Research Skills: Case Briefing and
Synthesis of Cases
A. Case Briefing
B. Synthesizing Cases
III. Books of Secondary Authority
A. Definition
B. Case digests
- parts
C. Textbooks
D. Bar Reviewers
E. Legal Periodicals
F. Legal Encyclopedia
G. Law Dictionaries
Group 4 Search Materials and Finding Tools
I. Citators
A. Purpose of Legal Citation
B. Citation Principles
C. Citation Rules
 Citing Constructions
 Citing Statutes and Similar materials
 Citing administrative materials
 Citing court decisions
 Citing foreign legal materials
 Repeating Citations
II. Indexes
III. Bibliographies
Group 5 I. COMPUTER ASSISTED LEGAL RESEARCH
a. Internet and on-line services
b. Narrowing Searches
c. Strategies for Internet Research
d. CD-ROM
i. The Philippine Law Library
ii. CD Asia Titles
iii. Legal Knowledge Titles Library
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v.