PERSONS AND FAMILY RELATIONS

ASSIGNMENT:

Read and study the following:

1. Civil Law Tradition, Civil Law and the Civil Code of the Phils.

2. Effect and Application of Laws

Tañada v. Tuvera, G.R. No. 63915, April 24, 1985 & Dec. 29, 1986
Garcillano v. HOR, G.R. No. 170338, Dec. 23, 2008
Fariñas v. Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 147387, Dec. 10, 2003
GSIS v. Daymiel, G.R. No. 218097, March 11, 2019
People v. Que Po Lay, G.R. No. 6791, March 29, 1954
Municipality of Tupi v. Faustino, G.R. No. 231896, Aug. 20, 2019
De Roy v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 80718, Jan. 29, 1988

3. Ignorance of the Law

Consunji v. CA, G.R. No. 137873, April 20, 2001

Del Socorro v. Van Wilsen, G.R. No. 193707, Dec. 10, 2014
Carolino v. Senga, G.R. No. 189649, April 20, 2015
Rajah Humabon v. Trajano, G.R. Nos. 100222-23, Sept. 14, 1993
DFA v. BCA International, G.R. G.R. No. 210858, June 29, 2016
Hernan v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 217874, Dec. 5, 2017
Compare: Abalos v. People, G.R. No. 221836, Aug. 14, 2019

4. Waiver of Rights

Mabugay-Otamias, et al. v. Republic, G.R. No. 189516, June 8, 2016

Sanico v. Colipano, G.R. No. 209969, Sept. 27, 2017
Pleasantville Dev. Corp. v. CA, G.R. No. 79688, Feb. 1, 1996
Valenzuela Hardwood and Industrial Supply, Inc. v. CA, G.R. No. 102316, June 30,
1997
Skyway O&M Corp. v. Reinante, G.R. No. 222233, Aug. 28, 2019

5. Repeal of Law and Supremacy of the Constitution

6. Judicial Decisions

PITC v. COA, G.R. G.R. No. 205837, Nov. 21, 2017

Carpio-Morales v. CA, G.R. Nos. 217126-27, Nov. 10, 2015
Deutsche Bank v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, G.R. No. 188550, Aug. 19, 2013
Santiago v. People, G.R. No. 238538, June 18, 2018
Roque v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 188456, Feb. 10, 2010
 7. Interpretation/Application of Laws of Customs

People v. Veneracion, G.R. No. 119987, Oct. 12, 1995

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Primetown Property Group, Inc., G.R. No. 162155,
Aug. 28, 2007

8. Obligatory Force of Penal Laws

Del Socorro v. Van Wilsen, G.R. No. 193707, Dec. 10, 2014
AAA v. BBB, G.R. No. 212448, Jan. 11, 2018

9. Law on Status of Persons: The Nationality Principle

Van Dorn v. Romillo, Jr., G.R. No. L-68470, Oct. 8, 1985

Pilapil v. Ibay-Somera, G.R. No. 80116, June 30, 1989
Roehr v. Rodriguez, G.R. No. 142820, June 20, 2003
Orion Savings Bank v. Suzuki, G.R. No. 205487, Nov. 12, 2014

10. Laws on Property

Orion Savings Bank v. Suzuki, G.R. No. 205487, Nov. 12, 2014
Bellis v. Bellis, G.R. No. L-23678, June 6, 1967
Del Socorro v. Van Wilsen, G.R. No. 193707, Dec. 10, 2014