Rules of Court
Rules of Court Remedial Law PART I / Civil Procedure RULE 1 / General Provisions Section 1. Title of the Rules Section 2. In what courts applicable Section 3. Cases governed Section 4. In what case not applicable Section...
Rules of Court Remedial Law PART I / Civil Procedure RULE 1 / General Provisions Section 1. Title of the Rules Section 2. In what courts applicable Section 3. Cases governed Section 4. In what case not applicable Section...
Court of Tax Appeals Act Special / Miscellaneous Codals (often compiled) Republic Act No. 9282 - Expanded Jurisdiction of the Court of Tax Appeals Section 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No Section 2. Section 2 of the same...
Rules on Evidence Remedial Law RULE 128 / General Provisions Section 1. Evidence defined Section 2. Scope Section 3. Admissibility of evidence Section 4. Relevancy RULE 129 / What Need Not Be Proved Section 1. Judicial n...
Rules on Civil Procedure Remedial Law RULE 1 / General Provisions Section 1. Title of the Rules Section 2. In what courts applicable Section 3. Cases governed Section 4. In what case not applicable Section 5. Commencemen...
Rules on Criminal Procedure Remedial Law RULE 110 / Prosecution of Offenses Section 1. Institution of criminal actions Section 2. The Complaint or information Section 3. Complaint defined Section 4. Information defined S...
Gender-Fair Language Rules (Judiciary) Special / Miscellaneous Codals (often compiled) Guidelines on the Use of Gender-Fair Language in the Judiciary Guidelines on the Use of Gender-Fair Language in the Judiciary A.M. No...
Code of Commerce Commercial / Mercantile Law BOOK ONE - MERCHANTS AND COMMERCE IN GENERAL TITLE I - MERCHANTS AND COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS TITLE II - COMMERCIAL REGISTRIES TITLE III - BOOKS AND BOOKKEEPING OF COMMERCE TIT...
Administrative Code of 1987 Political / Public Law INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS Section 1. Title Section 2. General Terms Defined BOOK I CHAPTER 1 / THE NATIONAL TERRITORY Section 3. What Comprises National Territory Section...
Labor Code of the Philippines Labor & Social Legislation Chapter I / GENERAL PROVISIONS Chapter II / EMANCIPATION OF TENANTS BOOK ONE / PRE-EMPLOYMENT Title I / RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT OF WORKERS Chapter II / REGULATIO...
...ciples of Decentralization Section 4. Scope of Application Section 5. Rules of Interpretation CHAPTER II / General Powers and Attributes of Local Government Units Section 6. Authority to Create Local Government Units Sec...
Family Code of the Philippines Civil Law TITLE I / MARRIAGE / Chapter 1. Requisites of Marriage Chapter 2. Marriages Exempted from License Requirement Chapter 3. Void and Voidable Marriages TITLE II / LEGAL SEPARATION TI...
Code of Judicial Conduct / Ethics Legal Ethics PREAMBLE CANON I / Independence SECTION 1. Merit-based adjudication SECTION 2. Duty to uphold judicial independence SECTION 3. Role in raising public awareness of independen...
1987 Constitution of the Philippines Political / Public Law PREAMBLE ARTICLE I / NATIONAL TERRITORY ARTICLE II / DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES PRINCIPLES Section 1. The Philippines is a democratic and repu...
Civil Code of the Philippines (RA 386) Civil Law CHAPTER 1 / Effect and Application of Laws CHAPTER 2 / Human Relations (n) BOOK I / PERSONS TITLE I / CIVIL PERSONALITY CHAPTER 1 / General Provisions CHAPTER 2 / Natural...
Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA) Legal Ethics PREAMBLE CANON I / Independence Section 1. Independent, accessible, efficient, and effective legal service Section 2. Merit-based practice Sectio...
Data Privacy Act Special / Miscellaneous Codals (often compiled) Republic Act No. 10173 - Data Privacy Act of 2012 CHAPTER I Section 1. Short Title Section 2. Declaration of Policy Section 3. Definition of Terms Section...
Natural Resources Laws Special / Miscellaneous Codals (often compiled) 1987 Constitution - Article XII National Economy and Patrimony ARTICLE XII NATIONAL ECONOMY AND PATRIMONY Section 1. The goals of the national econom...
Government Procurement Law Special / Miscellaneous Codals (often compiled) Republic Act No. 12009 - New Government Procurement Act ARTICLE I Section 1. Short Title Section 2. Declaration of Policy Section 3. Governing Pr...
Art. 5 of the Civil Code classifies certain rules as mandatory or prohibitory. A privately drafted deed purporting to convey a parcel of land from A to B is executed, but the law requires that transfers of immovable prop...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 5 (on mandatory and prohibitory laws); Civil Code provisions on the formal requirements for transfers of immovable property (public instrument).
...CC Art. 8, judicial decisions interpreting or applying laws form part of the law. In 2010, the Supreme Court held that a deed of partition among co-owners A and B is valid and enforceable even if not annotated on the tit...
...CC Art. 8, judicial decisions interpreting or applying laws form part of the law. In 2011, the Supreme Court decided in a mortgage case that a mortgage between A (mortgagor) and B (mortgagee) is valid and enforceable eve...
...CC Art. 8, judicial decisions interpreting or applying laws form part of the law. In 2012, the Supreme Court decided in a case involving a 25-year lease of agricultural land between Lessor X and Lessee Y that the lease i...
...CC Art. 8, judicial decisions interpreting or applying laws form part of the law. In 2012, the Supreme Court held in Santos v. Dizon that a deed of sale of land between A (seller) and B (buyer) is valid and enforceable e...
...CC Art. 8, judicial decisions interpreting or applying laws form part of the law. In 2014, the Supreme Court held that a mortgage between A (mortgagor) and B (mortgagee) is valid and enforceable even if the mortgage inst...
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