PERSONS AND FAMILY RELATIONS

Saturday/September 12, 2020/8:00 A.M. to 12 NN

(For Graded Recitation)

I. Read Chapter 1, Persons and Family Relations by Mel Sta. Maria

*Articles 1-18: Effect and Application of Laws

a. Rules on effectivity of laws

b. Articles 526, 2154 and 2155, NCC
c. Ignorance of Law distinguished from Ignorance of Fact
d. Concept of Retroactive and Prospective Application of Laws
e. Articles 22 and 65, Revised Penal Code
f. Ex post facto law and bill of attainder
g. Waiver of Rights
h. Articles 1306 and 1409, NCC
i. Repeal of Laws
j. Interpretation of Laws
k. Nationality Theory
l. Domiciliary Theory
m. Concept of Renvoi
n. Lex Loci Contractus

II. Cases (in no particular order)

1. Tanada v. Tuvera, GR L-63915, April 24, 1985

2. Tanada v. Tuvera, GR L-63915, December 29, 1986
3. Roy v. CA, GR No. 80718, January 29, 1988
4. Ty v. Cam, GR 127406, November 27, 2000
5. Nieves Saguigit v. People of the Philippines, GR 144054, June 30,
2006
6. CIR v. Primetown Property Group, Inc., G.R. NO. 162155, August
28, 2007
7. Orion Savings Bank v. Shigekane Suzuki, GR 205487, November
12, 2014
8. Norma del Socorro vs. Ernst Johan Brinkman Van Wilsem, GR
193707, December 10, 2014
9. Philsa v. Sec. of Labor, et al., GR 103144, April 4, 2001
10. Unciano Paramedical College v. CA, GR 100335, April 7, 1993
11. Cui v. Arellano University, GR L-15127, May 30, 1961
12. People of the Philippines v. Jabinal, GR L-30061, February 27,
1974
13. Floresca v. Philex Mining Corp, GR 30642, April 30, 1985
14. Ando vs. Department of Foreign Affairs, GR No. 195432, August
27, 2014
15. Quita vs. CA, GR No. 124862, December 22, 1998
16. Catalan vs. Braganza, GR No. 167109, February 6, 1998
17. San Luis vs. San Luis, GR No. 133743, 134029, February 6, 2007
18. Bayot vs. CA, GR No. 155635, November 7, 2008
19. Van Dorn v. Romillo, GR L-68470, October 8, 1985
20. Aznar and Christensen v. Garcia, GR L-16749, January 31, 1963
21. Bellis and Bellis v. Bellis, et al., GR L-23678, June 6, 1967
22. Ancheta vs. Guersey-Dalaygon, GR No. 139868, June 8, 2006
23. Llorente v. CA, GR 124371, November 23, 2000
24. Pilapil v. Ibay-Somera, G.R. No. 80116, June 30, 1989
25. DM Consunji, Inc. v. CA and Juego, GR 137873, April 20, 2001