CIVIL LAW
Answers to the BAR as Arranged by Topics
(Year 1990-2006)
ANSWERS TO BAR EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
IN
CIVIL LAW
ARRANGED BY TOPIC
(
1990 – 2006)
First Edition - Edited and Arranged by:
July 26, 2005
Atty. Janette Laggui-Icao andAtty. Alex Andrew P. Icao
(Silliman University College of Law)
Latest Edition – Edited and Arranged by:
ROMUALDO L. SEÑERIS II
Silliman University College of Law
From the ANSWERS TO BAR EXAMINATION QUESTIONS by the UP LAW COMPLEX & Philippine Association of Law Schools
CIVIL LAW
Answers to the BAR as Arranged by Topics
(Year 1990-2006)
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CIVIL LAW
Answers to the BAR as Arranged by Topics
(Year 1990-2006)
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 toContract (1995)
.............................................................................................................. 15
Applicable Laws; capacity to succeed (1991)
............................................................................................................... 15
Applicable Laws; contractscontrary 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
Qualificationsof Adopter (2000)
.................................................................................................................................. 22
Qualifications of Adopter (2003)
..................................................................................................................................23
Successional Rights of Adopted Child (2004)
.............................................................................................................. 23
FAMILY CODE
.......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Emancipation(1993)
.................................................................................................................................................... 23
FamilyCode; Retroactive Application; Vested Rights (2000)
........................................................................................ 24
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