Liezel O.

Carandang
BSBA-Legal Management
4th year
Assignment #1 Legal Research

1. Define Legal Research

- It is the process of finding the law, rules and regulations that govern activities of
human society. It is also defined as the investigation for information necessary to
support legal decision making.

2. What is/are the importance of Legal Research?

- To provide competent representation
- To uphold the standards of the legal profession
- It requires the legal knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation reasonably
necessary for representation.

3. Give the sources of Legal Research.

- Involves the use of a variety of printed
- electronic sources
- constitution, statutes, court decisions, administrative rules and scholarly
commentaries

4. What are the Sources of Law?

a. Primary Sources
- recorded laws and rules which will be enforced by state
- legislative actions, codes, statutes, judicial decisions, administrative laws (IRR)
b. Secondary Sources
- publications that discuss or analyze legal doctrine
- treatises, commentaries, encyclopedias, legal writings (Academic Journals, IBP
Journal & Lawyers Review)
Finding Tools
- SCRA Quick-Index Digest, Phil Juris & Lex Libris
Liezel O. Carandang
BSBA-Legal Management
4th year

5. Give the hierarchy of Courts.

Philippine Court System

 Supreme Court
 Court of Appeals
 Court of Tax Appeals
 Sandiganbayan
 Regional Trial Court
 Metropolitan Trial Court
 Municipal Trial Court
 Municipal Circuit Trial Court
 Sharia Court

References
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0mo2PM01pJ9TElvNWU1ZlAyV0U/edit?
resourcekey=0-P6zbmSheJRq2NoIA_amb0A
https://lawphil.net/courts/judiciar.html