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Reviewer - 2nd Exam
Reviewer - 2nd Exam
COLLEGE OF LAW
LEGAL RESEARCH
I. CASE DIGEST/SYNTHESIS
2. Read the case in its entirety before reading the case again to digest..
3. A case digest is only a summary of the full text of the case. There is no substitute
to reading the full text.
FACTS
State only the legally relevant facts only. In identifying the relevant facts, only
state the facts that will have a bearing on the legal concept under consideration.
Make sure that the facts illustrate the conflict in the case. There is no case if
there is no conflict or dispute. In illustrating the dispute, state the respective
contentions of the parties in the case (e.g. “A contended that… On the other hand,
B contended that” or “A contended that… but the lower court did not agree with
his contention by ruling that…”). The parties involved in the case may be (1) a
private entity vs. a private entity; (2) the State (Republic) vs. a private entity; (3)
the People of the Philippines vs. the accused; (4) a private entity vs. a judge, or a
tribunal.
Make sure that the facts are arranged chronologically and logically.
Research literatures provide for the TARP Rule. It is a useful technique in factual
analysis. It is a method to analyze your facts according to the following factors:
ISSUE/s
State the issue in your own words. The test if you have truly understood the case
is if you are able to properly state the issue in your own words. However stated,
what is important is they capture the crux of the controversy in the case.
RULING
It must be able to directly answer the issue. If the issue asks for a Yes/No answer,
then begin by stating “Yes” or “The Supreme Court answered in the affirmative”,
or “No” or “The Supreme Court answered in the negative”.
Statutory Law is a general term used to define written laws, usually enacted by a
legislative body. Statutory laws vary from regulatory or administrative laws that are
passed by executive agencies, and common law, or the law created by prior court
decisions.
STATUTES
STEPS IN THE PASSAGE OF BILL INTO LAW - A bill is approved by either House after
it has gone through three (3) readings (Section 26[2], Article VI). The first reading
consists of reading the number and title of the bill, followed by its referral to the
appropriate Committee for study and recommendation. The Committee may hold public
hearings on the proposed measure and submit its report and recommendation for
calendar for second reading. On second reading, the bill shall be read in full with the
amendments proposed by the Committee, if any. Thereafter, the bill will be subject to
debates, pertinent motions, and amendments. After the amendments shall have been
acted upon, the bill will be voted on second reading. A bill approved on second reading
will be included in the calendar of bills for third reading. On third reading, the bill as
approved on second reading will be submitted for final vote by yeas and nays.
PARTS OF STATUTES
1. Preamble
2. Title of statute
3. Enacting clause
5. Separability clause
6. Repealing clause
EXPRESS REPEAL
IMPLIED REPEAL
2 categories of Repeal by Implication
G.R. No. 215847, January 12, 2016, GOV. EXEQUIEL B. JAVIER v. COMMISSION ON
ELECTIONS, CORNELIO P. ALDON, AND RAYMUNDO T. ROQUERO
7. Effectivity clause
PRESUMPTION OF CONSTITUTIONALITY
G.R. No. 179267, June 25, 2013, JESUS C. GARCIA, vs. THE HONORABLE RAY ALAN T.
DRILON, Presiding Judge, Regional Trial Court-Branch 41, Bacolod City, and ROSALIE
JAYPE-GARCIA, for herself and in behalf of minor children, namely: JO-ANN, JOSEPH
EDUARD, JESSE ANTHONE, all surnamed GARCIA,.
1. PRESIDENTIAL ISSUANCES
Executive orders
Administrative orders
Proclamation
Memorandum orders
Memorandum circular
General or specific orders
1. the rules should be germane to the objects and purposes of the law;
2. that the regulations be not in contradiction with, but conform to the
standards that the law prescribes; and
3. that they be for the sole purpose of carrying into effect the general provisions
of the law.
CONSTITUTION
It is the law of all laws. Hence, if there is a conflict between a statute or any other source
and the Constitution, the forner shall yield to the Constitution.
Art. 7. Laws are repealed only by subsequent ones, and their violation or non-
observance shall not be excused by disuse, or custom or practice to the
contrary.
When the courts declared a law to be inconsistent with the Constitution, the
former shall be void and the latter shall govern.
STATUTES
JMM PROMOTIONS ANG MANAGEMENT, INC. vs. NLRC AND ULPIANO L. DELOS
SANTOS, G.R. NO. 109835, NOVEMBER 22, 1993
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK vs. CRUZ, ET AL., GR NO. 80593, DECEMBER 18, 2989
MAYOR MAGTAJAS AND THE CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO vs. PRYCE PROPERTIES
CORP., IN.C AND PAGCOR, GR NO. 111097, JULY 20, 1994
V. LEGAL CITATIONS
2. When you borrow seven consecutive words or more, use quotation marks. Put
borrowed language in quotation marks when the quotation contains fewer than
50 words.
3. Use block quotes when they are 50 words or more. When you use block quotes,
do not use quotation marks.
4. If you find a source through other sources, good research practice requires you
to look up the cited source. Regardless of whether you do, however, footnote the
citing source as well as the cited source.
CANON 10. A LAWYER OWES CANDOR, FAIRNESS AND GOOD FAITH TO THE
COURT.
Rule 10.01 A lawyer shall not do any falsehood; nor consent to the doing of any in court;
nor shall he mislead or allow the court to be misled by any artifice.
Rule 10.02 A lawyer shall not knowingly misquote or misrepresent the contents of a
paper, the language or the argument of opposing counsel, or the text of a decision or
authority, or knowingly cite as a law a provision already rendered inoperative by repeal
or amendment, or assert as a fact that which has not been proved.
3 things porhibited:
a) Contents of a paper;
b) Language or argument of opposing counsel; and
c) Text of a decision or authority.
ALLIED BANKING CORP V. COURT OF APPEALS, G.R. NO. 144412. NOVEMBER 18,
2003