SAN BEDA UNIVERSITY

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Legal Management

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE CODE : OBLICON

COURSE TITLE : OBLIGATIONS and CONTRACTS
COURSE CREDIT : 3units
COURSE PREREQUISITE/S :
FACULTY : Atty. Alden Reuben Luna
EMAIL ADDRESS : aluna@sanbeda.edu.ph
TERM/ACADEMIC YEAR : 1ST SEMESTER AY 2021-2022
DAY/TIME/ROOM/SECTION :
COURSE DELIVERY MODE :
CONSULTATION DAY/TIME :

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course deals with the salient provisions and application of the Civil Code on
Obligations and Contracts. It involves discussion of the nature, sources, kinds, and
extinguishment of obligations, the requisites, kinds and types of contracts including defective
and void contracts.

COURSE GOALS: Expected College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Attributes (ECGAs)

Align with the vision-mission of San Beda University, BS Legal Management has
adopted the following attributes that the students are expected to possess.

1. Bedan Legal Management graduates are able to apply legal and management
principles, theories, and methods to various types of organizations;
2. Bedan Legal Management graduates are capable of analyzing, evaluating, and
solving problems critically using legal and management tools and techniques;
3. Bedan Legal Management graduates can use interpersonal communication skills
effectively;
4. Bedan Legal Management graduates are cable to seek employment and facilitate the
integration process in the corporate environment so they can be immediately
productive once employed;
5. Bedan Legal Management graduates can make decisions and act within ethical
standards and corporate social responsibility; and
6. Bedan Legal Management graduates are able to formulate meaningful contributions
as a strategic partner in building the organization to become globally competitive.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES (LOs):

At the end of this course, the students should be able to achieve the following:

1. Understand the general principles of obligations and contracts under the Civil Code
of the Philippines.
2. Identify and explain the relevance and application of the legal concepts of obligations
and contracts to commercial and business transactions.
3. Evaluate and relate the provisions on obligations and contracts under the Civil Code
of the Philippines with other relevant business laws and jurisprudences.
4. Determine the legal issues on case problems involving obligations and contracts, and
ascertain the applicable legal doctrines and jurisprudences.

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 5. Draft different kinds of contracts and identify defective ones.
6. Incorporate the Benedictine values and ideals in learning the basic skills in law and in
the undertaking commercial and business transactions.

Upon completion of the Obligations and Contracts course, the student is expected to be able to
do the following:

Expected College of
Arts and Sciences
LEARNING OUTCOMES (LOs)
Graduate Attributes
(ECGAs)

Bedan Legal LO1-LO5. Explain comprehensively legal doctrines, create

Management graduates
can apply legal and
management principles,
theories, and methods to
various types of
organizations.
cohesive legal arguments, and apply legal provisions to issues
and/or cases related to obligations and contracts, through oral
recitations and written examinations.
LO1-LO6. Prepare and draft different kinds of legal and valid
contracts.

Bedan Legal LO1-LO5. Prepare digests of cases assigned in class.

Management graduates LO1-LO6. Explain clearly and coherently ones critical insights in
can analyze, evaluating, small group discussions.
and solving problems
critically using legal and
management tools and
techniques.

Bedan Legal
Management graduates
can use interpersonal
communication skills
effectively.

Bedan Legal
Management graduates
seek employment and
facilitate the integration
process in the corporate
environment so they can
be immediately
productive once
employed

Bedan Legal
Management graduates
can make decisions and
act within ethical
standards and corporate
social responsibility

Bedan Legal
Management graduates

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 formulate meaningful
contributions as a
strategic partner in
building the organization
to become globally
competitive.

ASSESSMENT/GRADING SYSTEM:
The student will be graded according to the following:

Percentage
Requirements (Based on the Learning Scope of Work (Individual (Weight is based
Outcomes) or Group) on the importance
of the LO)
Explain comprehensively legal doctrines, Individual 70
create cohesive legal arguments, and apply
legal provisions to issues and/or cases
related to agency and partnership:
 Recitation (10)
 Quizzes (10)
 Midterm & Final Examination (50)
Prepare and draft legal documents related Individual/Group (depending 10
to contracts of agency and partnership on the number of students)
Prepare digests of cases assigned in class. Individual 10

Explain clearly and coherently ones critical Individual/Group 10

insights in small group discussions.
TOTAL 100

LEARNING PLAN:

SYNCHRONOUS SESSION (SS) - ALL TOPIC PRESENTATION

ASYNCHRONOUS SESSION (AS) - ALL ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES

WEEK/
DATE
TOPIC/CONTENT LEARNING METHODS
LEARNING (Schedule
(arrangement or RESOURCES (activities designed or
of each
sequence of the major (print and non-print deployed by the teacher
Topic,
topics is based on a materials and online/ to bring about, or create
Assign,
logical order) the conditions for
open-access resources) Exam for
learning)
the entire
semester)

Course Introduction Day 1

 Course overview Syllabus
 Course assignments
 Course requirements
Module 1  Textbooks Week 1  Live lecture with
 Reference Materials discussion by the

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 WEEK/
DATE
TOPIC/CONTENT LEARNING METHODS
LEARNING (Schedule
(arrangement or RESOURCES (activities designed or
of each
sequence of the major (print and non-print deployed by the teacher
Topic,
topics is based on a materials and online/ to bring about, or create
Assign,
logical order) the conditions for
open-access resources) Exam for
learning)
the entire
semester)
 Case Problems professor
Topic 1:
INTRODUCTION TO  Small group
OBLIGATIONS and discussion (on the
simple and basic
CONTRACTS
obligations and
contracts entered into
by students)
Topic 2: CIVIL
OBLIGATIONS vs.
 Recitation
NATURAL
OBLIGATIONS
 Case discussions:
Makati Stock
Exchange Inc., et.al.
Topic 3: ELEMENTS vs. Miguel Campos
OF A CIVIL (G.R. No. 138814)
OBLIGATION
Arturo Pelayo vs.
Marcelo Lauron (G.R.
No. L-4089)
Topic 4: SOURCES OF
OBLIGATION Spouses Abella vs.
Spouses Abella, G.R.
No. 195166)

PNB vs. Court of

Appeals (G.R. No.
97995)

Picart vs. Smith (37

Phil. 809)

Jarco Marketing Co.

vs. CA, et al. (G.R. No.
129792)
Module 2  Textbooks Week 2  Live lecture with
 Reference Materials discussion by the
Topic 1: NATURE AND  Case Problems professor
EFFECT OF
OBLIGATIONS  Recitation

Topic 2: REMEDIES  Case discussions:

Picart vs. Smith (37
Phil. 809)
Topic 3: SOURCES

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 WEEK/
DATE
TOPIC/CONTENT LEARNING METHODS
LEARNING (Schedule
(arrangement or RESOURCES (activities designed or
of each
sequence of the major (print and non-print deployed by the teacher
Topic,
topics is based on a materials and online/ to bring about, or create
Assign,
logical order) the conditions for
open-access resources) Exam for
learning)
the entire
semester)
FOR CLAIMING
DAMAGES Santos Ventura
Hocorma Foundation,
Inc. vs. Ernesto Santos
Topic 4: FORTUITOUS (G.R. No. 153004)
EVENTS
Catungal, et al. vs.
Rodriguez (G.R. No.
146839)
Topic 5: PURE
OBLIGATIONS,
Real vs. Belo, et.al.
CONDITIONAL
(G.R. NO. 146224)
OBLIGATIONS and
OBLIGATIONS WITH
Phil Communications
A PERIOD
Satellite Corp. vs.
Globe Telecom, Inc.
(G.R. Nos. 147324,
Topic 6: JOINT and 1473334)
SOLIDARY
OBLIGATIONS NPC vs. CA (L-47379)

Anchor Savings Bank

vs. Furigay, et.al.
(G.R. No. 191178)

 Assessment Quiz1 w/
Case Analysis
Module 3  Textbooks Week 3  Live lecture with
 Reference Materials discussion by the
 Case Problems professor
Topic 1:
ALTERNATIVE and  Recitation
FACULTATIVE
OBLIGATIONS  Case discussions
Javier vs. CA (L-
48194)

Topic 2: DIVISIBLE and Phil. Amusement

INDIVISIBLE Enterprises, Inc. vs.
OBLIGATIONS Natividad (128 Phil.
320, 325)

Spouses Faustino and

Topic 3: OTHER KINDS Josefina Garcia vs. CA

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 WEEK/
DATE
TOPIC/CONTENT LEARNING METHODS
LEARNING (Schedule
(arrangement or RESOURCES (activities designed or
of each
sequence of the major (print and non-print deployed by the teacher
Topic,
topics is based on a materials and online/ to bring about, or create
Assign,
logical order) the conditions for
open-access resources) Exam for
learning)
the entire
semester)
OF OBLIGATIONS (G.R. No. 172036)

Spouses Edrada vs.

Spouses Ramos (G.R.
No. 154413)

Cembrano, et al. vs.

City of Butuan (G.R.
No. 163605)

Republic vs. Glass

Corp. vs. Qua (G.R.
No.144413)

Ligutan vs. CA (376

SCRA 560)

 Assessment Quiz2 w/
Case Analysis
Module 4  Textbooks Week 4  Live lecture with
 Reference Materials discussion by the
 Case Problems professor (or pre-
Topic 1: recorded lecture)
EXTINGUISMENT OF
OBLIGATIONS –  Recitation/Small
PAYMENT or Group Discussion
PERFORMANCE

 Case discussions
Topic 2: OTHER International Hotel
FORMS OF Corporation vs.
EXTINGUISHING AN Joaquin and Suarez,
OBLIGATION G.R. No. 158361

Filipino Pipe and

Foundry Corp. vs.
NAWASA, G.R. No. L-
43446

Monte de Piedad vs.

Rodrigo, 63 Phil. 312

Land Bank of the

Philippines vs. Aldredo
Ong, G.R. No. 190755

Fule vs. CA, 350 Phil.

349

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 WEEK/
DATE
TOPIC/CONTENT LEARNING METHODS
LEARNING (Schedule
(arrangement or RESOURCES (activities designed or
of each
sequence of the major (print and non-print deployed by the teacher
Topic,
topics is based on a materials and online/ to bring about, or create
Assign,
logical order) the conditions for
open-access resources) Exam for
learning)
the entire
semester)

Lim Tay vs. Court of

Appeals, 293 SCRA
634

Banez vs. Young, 92

Phil. 1067

Kabankalan Sugar Co.

vs. Pacheco, G.R. No.
L-33654

Uraca, et al. vs. CA,

G.R. No. 115158

Reyes vs. CA, 264

SCRA 35

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Module 5  Textbooks Week 5  Live lecture with

 Reference Materials discussion by the
 Case Problems professor

Topic 1: CONTRACTS -  Small Group

GENERAL Discussion (day-to-
PRINCIPLES day contracts entered
into by students, i.e.
contract of sale,
contract of carriage,
Topic 2: contract of deposit)
CHARACTERISTICS
OF A CONTRACT
 Case discussions
Encarnacion vs.
Baldomar, 77 Phil.
470

DKC Holdings
Corporation vs. Court
of Appeals, Victor U.
Bartolome, G.R. No.
118248

Melecio Coquia vs.

Fieldmen’s Insurance
Co., Inc. G.R. No. L-

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 WEEK/
DATE
TOPIC/CONTENT LEARNING METHODS
LEARNING (Schedule
(arrangement or RESOURCES (activities designed or
of each
sequence of the major (print and non-print deployed by the teacher
Topic,
topics is based on a materials and online/ to bring about, or create
Assign,
logical order) the conditions for
open-access resources) Exam for
learning)
the entire
semester)
23276

So Ping Bun vs. Court

of Appeals, Tek Hua
Enterprising Corp. and
Manuel C. Tiong, G.R.
No. 120554

Module 6  Textbooks Week 6  Live lecture with

 Reference Materials discussion
 Case Problems (presentation to be
Topic 1: STAGES IN provided by the
THE LIFE OF A teacher)
CONTRACT
 Drafting of contracts

 Case Analysis
Topic 2: KINDS OF (Modern-day
CONTRACTS Advertising)
ACCORDING TO
PERFECTION  Case discussions
Starbright Sales Ent.
Inc. vs. Phil. Realty
Corporation, G.R. No.
Topic 3: ELEMENTS 177936
OF A CONTRACT
Topacio, vs. CA, G.R.
No. 102606

ABS-CBN
Broadcasting Corp. vs.
CA, G.R. No. 128690

Robleza vs. CA, G.R.

No. 80364

Porciuncula, et. al. vs.

Adamos, 103 Phil. 611

Azarraga vs. Gay, G.R.

No. L-29449

DHK Holdings
Corporation vs. Court
of Appeals, G.R. No.
118248, 2000

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 WEEK/
DATE
TOPIC/CONTENT LEARNING METHODS
LEARNING (Schedule
(arrangement or RESOURCES (activities designed or
of each
sequence of the major (print and non-print deployed by the teacher
Topic,
topics is based on a materials and online/ to bring about, or create
Assign,
logical order) the conditions for
open-access resources) Exam for
learning)
the entire
semester)
Gonzales vs. Trinidad,
G.R. No. L-45965,
1939

Module 7  Textbooks Week 7  Live lecture with

 Reference Materials discussion by the
 Case Problems professor
Topic 1: FORM OF
CONTRACTS  Critique of previously
drafted contracts

Topic 2:  Case discussions

REFORMATION OF
CONTRACTS
Dauden-Hernaez vs.
De Los Angeles, 27
SCRA 1276

Renato Cenido vs.

Spouses Sta. Ana, G.R.
No. 132474

Rosello-Bentir vs.
Hon. Leanda, Leyte
Gulf Traders, Inc.,
G.R. No. 128991

Module 8  Textbooks Week 8  Live lecture with

 Reference Materials discussion by the
 Case Problems professor (or pre-
Topic 1: DEFECTIVE recorded lecture)
CONTRACTS
 Contract analysis
(with the goal of citing
defective contracts or
provisions in a
contract)

 Recitation

 Case discussions
Chua vs. Court of
Appeals, G.R. No.
79021

Lilia Ada vs. Florante

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 WEEK/
DATE
TOPIC/CONTENT LEARNING METHODS
LEARNING (Schedule
(arrangement or RESOURCES (activities designed or
of each
sequence of the major (print and non-print deployed by the teacher
Topic,
topics is based on a materials and online/ to bring about, or create
Assign,
logical order) the conditions for
open-access resources) Exam for
learning)
the entire
semester)
Baylon, G.R. No.
182435

Tayag vs. CA, G.R. No.

96053

Bastida vs. DyBuncio

and Co., 93 Phil. 195

Mercado vs. Espiritu,

37 Phil. 215

Mactan-Cebu
International Airport
Authority vs. Lozada,
Sr., G.R. No. 176625.

Fullido vs. Grilli, G.R.

No. 215014

Cui vs. Arellano

University, 2 SCRA
205

Heirs of Romana
Ingjug-Tiro vs. Casals,
G.R. No. 134718

FINAL EXAMINATION
9TH
WEEK

RUBRIC FOR ASSESSMENT:

A rubric  is a scoring guide with criteria for evaluating students' work in direct

relation to one or more of the program's learning  outcomes and a rating scale
indicating differing levels of performance. It is usually in the form of a matrix or
grid.

Rubric for Recitation, Case Analysis and Essay Questions

Exemplary Proficient Developing Beginning

Criteria 1 2 3 4 Rating
96-100 88-95 82-87 76-81

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 Legal Basis The legal basis The legal basis The legal basis The legal basis
cited is correct cited is cited is relevant cited is wrong.
The ability of and thoroughly relevant to the to the
the student to explained. issue/question, issue/question
cite, although not but is not
the exact properly or
comprehend
correct answer. thoroughly
and properly However, the explained.
explain the same was
necessary and thoroughly
relevant legal explained.
basis for
questions
given.

(50%)
Application The application of The legal basis The legal basis The
of Law the correct legal cited is correct cited is relevant application of
basis is properly but is not to the issue or law is
The ability to applied to the properly problem but is incorrect.
properly apply issue or problem. applied to the not properly
the relevant issue or applied to the
provision/s of problem. issue or
law, as well as problem.
jurisprudence,
to the
question/s
given.

(30%)
Clarity of Cohesive, Cohesive and Unclear but Unclear,
Answer, consistent and clear, but shows some incohesive and
Delivery and clear. answer degree of inconsistent.
Expression contains cohesion in the
certain presentation of
(20%) inconsistencies ideas.
TOTAL

MAIN REFERNCE: Republic Act No. 386 (Civil Code of the Philippines), as amended.

TEXTBOOKS:

Luna, Alden Reuben B. Obligations and Contracts. (Manila: Unlimited Books

Publishing, Inc., 2019).

De Leon, Hector. Comments and Cases on Obligations and Contracts. (Manila: Rex
Book Store).  

Jurado, Desiderio. Civil Law Reviewer (Manila: Rex Book Store, 2012).

WEB RESOURCES:
https://www.chanrobles.com
https://www.sc.judiciary.gov.ph

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Prepared by:

ATTY. ALDEN REUBEN LUNA

Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences

Approved by:

ATTY. MICHAEL C. DAGUINOD

Chair, Department of Legal Management, College of Arts and Sciences

Signature
ASSOC. PROF, JACKQUI R. MORENO, CPA, DBA
Vice Dean, College of Arts and Sciences – Business Cluster

Signature
DR. CHRISTIAN BRYAN S. BUSTAMANTE
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

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