Module I- LAW, & STATUTE AS SOURCE OF LAW

Week 1:

a. Definition of Law

b. Sources

i. Statute

ii. PD, EO (exercise of legislative power b the President)

iii. Presidential issuances (exercise of ordinance power)

iv. Administrative regulations

V. Court decisions

Statute

a. Definition

b. Kinds/Classes

c. Parts

d. Steps in the enactment of statute

Cases: ​P J A P ​, GR No. 105371, Nov. 11,

1993

​ S F ​, GR No. 115455, Aug 25, 1994

e. Constitutional limitation

Week 2

f. Rules of legislative proceedings

g. Rules of legislative proceedings of Congress

Case:​ A D , ​GR No. 127255, Aug. 14, 1997

h. Enrolled bill theor

Case: ​M S ,​ GR L-29658, Feb 27, 1969

i. Journal entr rule

 j. Effectivit of statute- Article 2, Civil Code; Section 18, EO 292;
Case: ​ , ​GR No. L-63915, Apr 24, 1985

k. Application of statutes

i. Prospective

Case: ​C CA,​ GR No. 100776, Oct 28, 1993

ii. Retroactive

Cases: ​A C M &D C CA, GR

N . L-​54305, Feb 14, 1990

F COMELEC​, GR No. 120295, June 28, 1996

Module II -Statutor Construction, In General

Week 3:

a. Definition of statutor construction

Case: ​C P ,​ GR No. L-19650, Sept 29, 1966

b. Distinction between statutor construction and statutor

interpretation

c. Power to interpret statutes- a judicial function

Case: ​E D ​, GR No. L-6355-56, Aug 31, 1953

d. Limit to Construction of statutes- onl in case of ambiguit

Cases: ​S NLRC​, GR L-50999, Mar 23, 1990

​A HRE ​, GR No. 189600, June 29, 2010

Week 4:

a. Qui 1, Forum Discussion

b. Statutor construction and judicial legislation

Case: ​F P M ​, GR No. L-30642, Apr 30, 1985

Module III: Legislative and Intrinsic Aids to Construction
Week 5:

a. Ascertaining legislative intent

Case: ​R CA & M ,​ GR No. 108763, Feb 13, 1997

M COA, ​GR No. 95398, Aug 16, 1991

S H ,I S , ​GR No. 145156-57,

Jul 29, 2005

b. Aids to construction

Week 6:

Intrinsic Aids

a. Plain meaning rule- ​

Cases: ​B NLRC, ​GR No. 111651, Nov 28, 1996

​B G , ​GR No. 81163, Sept 26, 1988

b. Contextual treatment- Statute Construed as a Whole

Cases: ​G S S C , ​GR No.

170735, Dec 17, 2007

NFA M S A , ​GR No. 163448,

Mar 8,2005

Module IV- Extrinsic Aids to Construction

Week 7:

a. Legislative histor

Cases: ​C N M E C . M
C ,
 ​ R No. 169080, Dec 19, 2007
G

C P C C .I G , ​GR No.

L- 17931, Feb 28, 1963

b. Contemporaneous Executive Construction

Cases: ​A S C I C
C ,

GR No. L- 19337, Sept 30, 1969

C H ,I N L I ,
GR No.

​171815, Aug 7, 2007

Week 8:

c. . Jurisprudence- ​S

Cases: ​K ,P ,I ,​ GR No. L- 47673, Oct

10, 1946

C H R , ​GR No. 137571, Sept

21, 2000

d. Legislative materials

Case: ​R MERALCO,​ GR No. 141314, Apr 9, 2003

Week 9 - Midterm Examination

Module V - Construction and Interpretation of Words and

Phrases
Week 10

a. ​C O

Case: ​P M ​, GR No. 14129, Jul 31, 1962

. E G

Cases: ​C E ,I CA​, GR No. 78413, Nov 8, 1989

​R M , ​GR No. 89483, Aug 30, 1990

c. Inclusio Unios

Cases: ​C R ​, GR No. L- 11305, Ma 21, 1958

E I C . R ​, GR No. 38268, Ma 31, 1979

Week 11

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Cases: ​M P P C .​, GR No. 111097, Jul 20, 1994

C S ,​ GR No. L-8238, Ma 25, 1955

. R

Cases:​ A CA, GR N . L-47745, A 15, 1988

P , GR N . 22160, J 21, 1974

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Cases: ​G COMELEC,​ GR No. 137004, Jul 26, 2000

P CSC​, GR No. 95832, Aug 10, 1992

Module VI - Other Aids to Construction

Week 12

a. General & special terms

Cases: ​M C S ​, GR No. L-4663, Ma 30, 1951

M R C C ​, GR No. L-30264, Mar 12, 1929

b. Mandator and director words

 Cases:​ E E ,​ GR No. 139303, Aug. 25, 2005

SEC,​ GR No. 95696, Mar 3, 1992

c. Conjunctive and disjunctive words

Case: ​H N P C .​, GR No. 171023, Dec 18, 2009

R M HDMF​, GR No. 131082, June 19, 2000

Week 13

a. Qui 1, Forum Discussion

b. Strict and Liberal Construction

i. Criminal statutes

ii. Tax statutes

iii. Labor and social statutes

iv. Political laws

v. Naturali ation Laws

vi. Probation Laws

vii. Rules of court

viii. Expropriation laws

ix. Administrative rules

Module VII - Construction of Incompatible Provisions

Week 14

a. With other provisions of the same statute

Cases:​ J ​, GR No. L-18919

G OP​, GR No. 196231, Sept 4, 2012

b. With provisions of other statutes

 Cases:​ R A ​, GR No. L-108208, Mar 11, 1994

D COMELEC​, GR No. L-127116, Apr 8, 1997

Week 15

c. With provisions of the Constitution

Case:​ D S COMELEC​, GR No. 127325, Mar 19, 1997

d. With provisions of Ordinances

Cases: ​P M ,P ​, GR No.
L-26702, Oct 18, 1979

L C C M ,​ GR No. 122846, Jan 20, 2009

e. Incompatibilit of general and special laws

Cases: ​D ​, GR No. 196201, June 19, 2012

M ​, GR No. 122068, Jul 8, 1998

Module VIII - Repeal of Statutes

Week 16

Kinds of Repeal

a. Express

Case: ​M COA,​ GR No. 103982, Dec 11, 1992

b. Implied

i. Irreconcilable conflict

Case: ​D COMELEC,​ GR No. 127116, Apr 8, 1997

ii. Later law is intended as substitute for earlier law

Cases: ​C F E A . P S
B ,
 GR No. L-4465, Jul 12, 1951

P P ,​ GR No. L-8463, Oct 4, 1922

Week 17 - General Review

Week 18 - Final Examination