AGRARIAN LAW beneficiaries and all other arrangements alternative to the physical
redistribution of lands, such as production or profit sharing, labor
AGRARIAN LAW, refers to the distribution of public agricultural
lands, large estates, and regulation of the relationship between the
landowners and the farmers who work on the land.
- It embraces all laws that govern and regulate the rights and
relationship over agricultural lands between landowners,
tenants, lessees or agricultural workers.
- The focus of agrarian laws is on agrarian reform, the thrust of
which is the redistribution of agricultural lands.
o The primary objective of agrarian reform program is
to breakup agricultural lands and transform them into
economic-size farms to be owned by the farmers
themselves, with the end view of uplifting their socio-
economic status.
o The agrarian reform program is founded on the right
of farmers and regular farm workers who are landless,
to own, directly or collectively the lands they till or,
in the case of other farm workers, to receive a just
share in the fruits thereof.
SOCIAL LEGISLATION, is so broad that it covers labor laws,
agrarian laws, and welfare laws.
- The emphasis is more on the aspect of general public good and
social welfare.
- These laws are enacted pursuant to the social justice clause of
the Constitution.
AGRARIAN REFORM, is the redistribution of lands, regardless of
crops or fruits produced to farmers and regular farmworkers who are
landless, irrespective of tenurial arrangement, to include the totality of
factors and support services designed to lift the economic status of the
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administration, and the distribution of shares of stocks, which will
allow beneficiaries to receive a just share of the fruits of the lands they
work.
- Agrarian reform is not confined in the distribution of lands to
landless farmers and regular farmworkers – it includes other
alternative modes, such as:
o Labor administration.
o Profit sharing.
o Stock distribution.
- Confining agrarian reform solely to land distribution is not
feasible, considering there is not enough agricultural land that
can be distributed to every farmer or regular farmworker.
AGRARIAN DISPUTES, any controversy relating to tenurial
arrangements, whether leasehold, tenancy, stewardship or otherwise,
over lands devoted to agriculture, including disputes concerning
farmworkers’ associations or representation of persons in negotiating,
fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or
conditions of such tenurial arrangements.
- It includes any controversy relating to compensation of lands
acquired under this Act and other terms and conditions of
transfer of ownership from landowners to farmworkers,
tenants and other agrarian reform beneficiaries, whether the
disputants stand in proximate relation of farm operator and
beneficiary, landowner and tenant, or lessor and lessee.
REQUISITES for the existence of TENANCY RELATIONS.
(1) The parties are the landowner and the tenant.
(2) The subject is agricultural land.
(3) There is consent by the landowner for the tenant to work on
the land, orally or in writing, expressly or impliedly.
 (4) The purpose is agricultural production. o Security of tenure is a legal concession to agricultural
(5) There is personal cultivation or with the help of the immediate lessees which they value as life itself and deprivation
farm household. of their landholdings is tantamount to deprivation of
(6) There is compensation in terms of payment of a fixed amount their only means of livelihood.
in money or produce (sharing of produce) o Security of tenure afforded the tenant-lessee is
constitutional.
AGRICULTURAL LEASEHOLD TENANCY and CIVIL LAW - Causes for termination of the leasehold relation.
LEASE. o Abandonment of the landholding without the
AGRICULTURAL CIVIL LAW LEASE knowledge of the agricultural lessor.
LEASEHOLD TENANCY o Voluntary surrender of the landholding by the
Agricultural leasehold is limited Civil law lease may refer to agricultural lessee, written notice of which shall be
to agricultural land. rural or urban property.
served three months in advance.
The leasehold tenant should The lessee need not personally
o Absence of an heir to succeed the lessee in the event
personally attend to and cultivate cultivate or work the thing
the agricultural land. leased. of his/her death or permanent incapacity.
In leasehold tenancy, the In civil law lease, the purpose
landholding is devoted to may be for any other lawful - Liability of lessor who ejects his tenant without court’s
agriculture. pursuits. authorization.
Leasehold tenancy is governed by Civil law lease is governed by o Fine or imprisonment.
special law. the Civil Code. o Damages suffered by the agricultural lessee in
addition to the fine or imprisonment for unauthorized
- An overseer of a coconut plantation was not considered a dispossession.
tenant. o Payment of attorney’s fees incurred by the lessee.
- Certification of tenancy or non-tenancy issued by DAR are not o The reinstatement of the lessee.
exclusive evidence of tenancy relationship. - The consent of farmer-beneficiary is not needed in
- Successor-in-interest of the true and lawful landowner who determination of just compensation.
gave the consent are bound to recognize the tenancy o Just Compensation, is the full and fair equivalent of
established before they acquired the agricultural land. the property taken from its owner by the expropriator.
- Once a leasehold relation has been established, the agricultural o Factors/Criteria considered in determining just
lessee is entitled to a security of tenure. compensation.
o The tenant has the right to continue working on the  Cost of acquisition of the land.
land except when is ejected therefrom for a cause as  Current value of like properties.
provided by law.
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  Nature of the land.
 Actual use.
 Income.
 Sworn valuation by the landowner. Tax
declaration.
 Assessment made by the government
assessors.
 The social economic benefits contributed by
the farmers.
 Non-payment of taxes or loans secured from
any government financing institution on the
land.
The Tenant Emancipation Law
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 72
- Applicability: It supplements the Comprehensive Agrarian
Reform Law. It applies only to private agricultural lands
primarily devoted to rice and corn under share tenancy or
lease-tenancy.
- REQUISITES for Coverage.
o The land must be devoted to RICE and CORN crops.
o There must be a system of SHARE CROP or LEASE
TENANCY obtaining therein.
- Transfer of lands to tenants.
o The title and ownership over the land will be
transferred to the beneficiaries only upon full
payment of the just compensation to the landowner.
o The tenant-farmer is entitled to:
 5 hectares, if not irrigated.
 3 hectares, if irrigated.
o The land transfer is effected through:
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 Issuance of a certificate of land transfer
(CLT) to the farmer-beneficiaries.
 The CLT does not vest upon the
tenant-beneficiary ownership over
the land.
 It merely qualifies the tenant-
beneficiary to possess the land and
comply with certain conditions
preparatory to ownership.
o If the tenant-beneficiary
complies with the
conditions, he is issued an
emancipation patent.
 Issuance of emancipation patent (EP).
 The EP vests upon the farmer-
beneficiary an absolute ownership
over the landholding of an original
or transfer certificate of title in his
name.
 EPs are brought under the operation
of the Torrens system.
 Eps become indefeasible and
imprescriptible after 1 year from its
registration with the Registry of
Deeds.
 Eps may be CANCELLED on the
following grounds –
o Abandonment of the land.
o Neglect or misuse of the
land.
o Failure to pay 3 months
annual amortization.
 o Misuse or diversion of
financial and support
devices.
o Sale, transfer or conveyance
of the right to use the land.
o Illegal conversion of the
land.
 Jurisdiction over cancellation of
EPs.
o All cases involving the
cancellation of registered
emancipation patents are
within the exclusive
jurisdiction of DAR.
 The tenant-beneficiary cannot sell or
transfer ownership of the land
acquired under the Tenant
Emancipation Law, except to the
government or hereditary
succession.
- Retention rights of the landowner.
o The landowner is entitled to retain an area of not more
than 7 hectares, if he is cultivating such area or will
now cultivate it.
 Personal cultivation of the landowner is not
required, it can be done indirectly through
labor administration.
o If the landowner has already exercised his right of
retention under PD 27, he can no longer exercise the
retention right under CARL.
 However, he can keep the 7-hectare retention
limit granted under PD 27.
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 If the landowner chooses to retain 5-hectares
under CARL, the 7-hectares previously
retained by him under PD 27 shall be
immediately placed under the coverage of the
CARL.
o Issues pertaining to retention rights of the landowner
and exclusion or exemption from agrarian reform
coverage are cognizable by the Secretary of the
Department of Agrarian Reform.
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
REPUBLIC ACT No. 6657
- Notice of Coverage: Only issued when there is landowner
resistance, during acquisition of private agricultural lands.
(invoking the ground of lack of notice or non-observance of
due process)
- SPECIFIC LANDS COVERED BY CARP.
o All alienable and disposable lands of the public
domain devoted to or suitable for agriculture.
o All lands of the public domain in excess of the
specific limits as determined by the Congress in the
preceding paragraph.
o All other lands owned by the Government devoted to
or suitable for agriculture.
o All private lands devoted to or suitable for agriculture
regardless of the agricultural products raised or that
can be raised thereon.
- LANDS NOT COVERED BY CARP.
o Those which are not suitable for agriculture or those
which are classified as mineral, forest, residential,
commercial or industrial lands.
 o Those which have been classified and approved as
NON-AGRICULTURAL prior to June 15, 1988.
o Those which are exempt pursuant to Sec. 10, RA
6657.
o Those which are devoted for poultry, swine or
livestock-raising as of June 15, 1988.
o Fishponds and prawn farms.
o Those which are retained by the landowners.
o Those land or portions that were found to be no
longer suitable for agriculture.
o Those lads declared by Presidential Proclamation for
certain uses other than agricultural.
- MODES OF ACQUISITION.
o Compulsory Acquisition.
o Voluntary Offer to Sell.
o Voluntary Land Transfer.
- Retention Rights of Landowners.
o The landowner may choose the area to be retained,
provided it is compact and contiguous, and shall be
the least prejudicial to the entire landholdings and the
majority of farmers therein.
o The landowner can exercise his rights to retain –
 Anytime before receipt of the notice of
coverage.
 Anytime before the landholding is subject to
schedule of implementation under CARP
coverage.
 If under the CA scheme, within 60 days from
the receipt of notice of coverage.
 If under the VOS/VLT or DPS schemes,
simultaneous with the offer to sell or transfer.
o Who may file for a certificate of retention?
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 Any person, natural or juridical, who owns
an agricultural land with an  aggregate of
more than 5 hectares.
 A landowner who  owns 5 hectares or less,
which are not yet subject to the schedule of
implementation of CARP
 The heirs of a deceased landowner, upon
showing of proof that the landowner had
manifested during his lifetime to exercise his
right of retention over the landholding prior
to 8/23/1990.
o Obligations of the landowner over the retained lands?
 To cultivate the land directly or thru labor
administration.
 To make it productive.
 To respect the security of tenure of the
farmers or farmworkers on the land prior to
the approval of RA 6657.
 To retain the actual tenant farmers in the
landholdings
 To register within 3 months after June 15,
1988 all transactions such as sale,
disposition, lease or transfer with the RD to
be valid.
o REQUISITES for the awards of retention.
 The land is a private agricultural land.
 The area is compact and contiguous, and the
least prejudicial to the entire landholding and
the majority of farmers therein.
 Landowner to execute an affidavit as to the
aggregate area of his landholding in the
entire Philippines.
 Landowner to submit a list of his children
which are at least 15 y.o. and above, who are
 actually cultivating the land or directly
managing the farm since June 15, 1988 for
identification of the preferred beneficiaries,
as well as evidence thereof.
 Landowner to execute an affidavit stating the
names of all farmers, agricultural lessees and
share tenants, regular farmworkers, seasonal
farmworkers, other farmworkers, actual
tillers or occupants, and/or other persons
directly working on the land; if there are no
such persons, a sworn statement attesting to
such fact.
o Qualified Beneficiaries (Based on order of
priority).
 Agricultural lessees and share tenants
 Regular farmworkers
 Seasonal farmworkers
 Other farmworkers
 Actual tillers and occupants
 Cooperatives
 Other persons directly working on the land
o Areas that may be retained.
 LO covered by PD 27 – 7 hectares (subject to
exceptions)
 LO covered by PD 6657 – 5 hectares
 If with children (at least 15 y.o. who are
actually cultivating or directly managing the
farm) – 3 hectares each
 Original homestead grantees/ direct
compulsory heirs  who still own the original
homestead at the time of approval of PD
6657 – to retain the same area so long as they
continue to cultivate the same.
 Spouses who married under the NCC (1950)
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 If conjugal property (w/o judicial
separation of property agreements) –
5 hectares (total)
 If each or both has (capital and/or
paraphernal property) – 5 hectares
each but exceeding 10 hectares
 Spouses who married under FC (8/3/1988)
 If without judicial separation of
property agreements – 5 hectares
only
 If with judicial separation of
property agreements – 5 hectares
each
o Options of the tenant in case he occupies the land
retained?
 To be a lessee
 To be a beneficiary of the same or another
agricultural land with similar or comparable
features
- Filing for exemption from CARP coverage.
o The application on exemption shall be filed within 60
days from receipt of notice of coverage, if applicable.
- Agricultural leasehold contract, is a formal tenurial
agreement reduced into writing between a lessor-landholder
and lessee-farmer where the former consents to the latter’s
personal cultivation in consideration from a fixed rental either
in money or produce or both.
o Effect: Provides security of tenure to a leasehold
lessee on his landholding and cannot be ejected
therefrom unless authorized by Court for causes
provided under RA 3844.
o When may the leasehold contract be extinguished?
 Abandonment of the landholding without
knowledge of the lessor.
  Voluntary surrender of the landholding by  Absence of persons to succeed to the lessee,
the lessee, written notice at least 3 months in in case of death or permanent incapacity.
advance.

PD 27 and CARP LAW (RA 6657).

PD 27 CARP LAW (RA 6657)
Issued by Ferdinand Edralin Marcos on October 21, 1972 Issued by Pres. Cory Aquino, and took effect on June 15, 1988.
Coverage: All tenanted rice and corn land. Coverage: Covers all agricultural lands.
- If not tenanted as of October 21, 1972, it is not covered. - Includes coconut lands.
EXEMPTED from the coverage:
- Residential
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Mineral land
- Forest land
EXCLUDED from the coverage:
- Private land with a total area of 5 hectares and below. (Because it
is the retention are of the land owner)
- Lands that are actually, directly and exclusively used for parks,
wildlife, forest reserves, reforestations, fish sanctuaries, and
breeding grounds, watersheds and mangroves.
- Private lands actually, directly, and exclusively used for prawn
farms and fishponds.
- Lands actually, directly and exclusively used and found to be
necessary for: national defense, school sites and campuses,
experimental farm stations, seeds and seedling research and pilot
production, church sites and convents, mosque sites and Islamic
centers. Communal burial grounds and cemeteries, penal
colonies and penal farms, research and quarantine centers, all
lands with 18 % slope and over, except those already developed.
Retention: Retention: Retention is exclusive or limited only to 5 hectares.
- If irrigated: 5 hectares. - It must be compact and contiguous. Thus, it must be found in
- If not irrigated: 7 hectares. one area.
- If the lot owner is covered by LOI 474, the retention limit - Award to preferred beneficiaries – the children of the
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 cannot be availed of. Hence, there is no retention. landowner who are at least 15 years old as of June 15, 1988.
- (15 years is amended) must be from the date of coverage.
- The award to children is 3 hectares. 5 hectares for the landowner.
Tenancy: (RA 3844)
ELEMENTS of tenancy: the following must concur, in the absence of
one there could be no tenancy relation.
- The parties are the landowner and the tenant.
- The subject is agricultural land.
- There is consent by the landowner for the tenant to work on the
land, orally or in writing, expressly or impliedly.
- The purpose is agricultural production.
- There is personal cultivation or with the help of the immediate
farm household. (75% to leaseholder, 25% to landowners if
there is a leasehold contract)
- There is compensation in terms of payment of a fixed amount
in money or produce (sharing of produce)

CONVERSION and EXEMPTION.

CONVERSION EXEMPTION
Reclassification of the landholding: Reclassification of the landholding:
- If after June 15, 1988, must file an application for conversion. - If prior to June 15, 1988, must file an application for exemption.

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Scenario: A Landowner wants to eject his tenant, the tenant however
does not want to be ejected.
POSSIBLE ACTIONS for the landowner:
- Ejectment (Unlawful detainer)
- Grave Coercion
- Qualified theft
- Malicious Mischief
- Recovery of Possession
 The moment the complaint or answer tenders an agrarian
disputes, the case shall be automatically referred to DAR
(automatic referral) to determine as to whether an agrarian
dispute exist.
o If there is an agrarian dispute, the DOJ will mandate
the prosecutor to refer the case to the DAR. (law on
referral or referral of cases)
 The DAR is given 10 days to resolve the case
or to determine whether or not there indeed
exist an agrarian dispute.
o Once the case is referred to the DAR, all the parties
will be called upon for a dialogue, for the submission
of evidence of their respective claims and to
determine whether there indeed exist an agrarian
dispute.
o If the DAR is satisfied that there exist an agrarian
dispute, the case referred will be returned back to the
court of origin or the prosecutor with a certification
that the case is NOT right for judicial
determination.
 The court then can dismiss the case.
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o
If there is NO agrarian dispute, the DAR will issue a
certification that the case is RIGHT for judicial
determination .
 Once the case is filed, the DAR will order the
tenant to file his answer.
 Initial hearing.
 Pre-trial.
 Trial proper.
 TRIAL PROPER:
o The plaintiff is the first to present witnesses, through
judicial affidavit of witnesses.
o Formal offer of exhibits.
o Respondent is given 15 days to comment.
o After 15 days, the court will rule as to what evidence
is admitted.
o The respondent will present witnesses, through
judicial affidavit of witnesses.
o One-witness rule every hearing.
o Formal offer of exhibits.
o Ruling to what evidence is admitted.
o The plaintiff may present rebuttal of witness.
o Respondent may also present rebuttal witness.
o Wait for 90 days upon submission for decision of the
court.
 REMEDY OF THE AGGRIEVED PARTY.
o If the case is filed through the prosecutor, and the
prosecutor dismissed the remedy is to file an appeal
to the DOJ.
 The DOJ may reverse or affirm the findings
of the prosecutor.
 o If the case is filed in MTC, MTCC, MCTC, and the
case is dismissed, the remedy is to file an appeal to
the RTC.
 If dismissed by the RTC, the remedy is to file
an appeal to the CA.
 If dismissed by the CA, the remedy is to file
an appeal to the SC.
o In the event that it was final dismissed in the DOJ,
CA or SC, then it can be filed in the proper forum –
ALI or DARAB.

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 DAR A.O. No. 3 s. 2011, June 7, 2011 and DOJ Circular No. 40, June 2010
DAR A.O. No. 3 s. 2011, June 7, 2011 on referral cases
Civil in nature.
- OCA Circular No. 62 – 2010 on referral cases to DAR for RTC,
MTC, MCTC, or MTCC’s.
- Recovery of possession.
- Unlawful detainer.
- If there is an agrarian dispute, the fiscal will refer the matter to the
DAR.
- After, there would be a dialogue for FACT FINDING, in which the
parties are required to submit their evidence and other documents to
support their claims.
- The legal officer will issue a summon with a particular date.
(Venue: DAR Office where the land is situated.)
- If the DAR is satisfied that there is an agrarian dispute, the DAR
will issue a certification that the case is right for judicial
determination or that there indeed exist an agrarian dispute.
- If the case is dismissed, the remedy is to re-file the case in DAR –
either in ALI Case or DARAB.
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DOJ Circular No. 40, June 2010 on investigation and referral
cases.
Criminal in nature.
- Malicious mischief.
- Qualified theft.
- Grave coercion.
- Grave threats.
- Robbery, etc.
- If there is an agrarian dispute, the fiscal will refer the matter
to the DAR.
- After, there would be a dialogue for FACT FINDING, in
which the parties are required to submit their evidence and
other documents to support their claims.
- The legal officer will issue a summon with a particular date.
(Venue: DAR Office where the land is situated.)
- If the DAR is satisfied that there is an agrarian dispute, the
DAR will issue a certification that the case is right for
judicial determination or that there indeed exist an agrarian
dispute.
- If the case is dismissed, the remedy is to re-file the case in
DAR – either in ALI Case or DARAB.
 ALI CASE
Agrarian Law Implementation.
Administrative or the mainstream DAR – DAR Secretary, DAR RD, DAR DARAB Central is headed by DAR Secretary as ex-officio and its
Provincial Officer.
How is a case filed in ALI and DARAB.
ALI
- Filed through DARMO.
- DARMO will forward to DARPO for legal sufficiency review.
- After, it will be forwarded to DARRO.
- The DARRO, then will issue a decision or order.
- If the decision is favorable – the case is ended.
- If NOT favorable (adverse), file a motion for consideration.
- If the motion for reconsideration is denied, the remedy is to file an
appeal to DAR Central office through BALA (Bureau of Agrarian
Legal Assistance).
- If the decision of BALA is adverse, the remedy is to file motion
for reconsideration.
- If the motion for reconsideration is denied, the remedy is to file an
appeal to Office of the President.
- If the decision of the OP is adverse, the remedy is to file an appeal
to the Court of Appeals.
- If the decision of CA is adverse, the remedy is to file an appeal to
the Supreme Court.
DARAB
Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board.
Boards – USEC for legal affairs, ASEC, Assistant Secretary,
Regional Adjudicator, and Provincial Adjudicator.
DARAB
- Before filing there must be a certification from BARC (Brgy.
Agrarian Reform Committee) of the barangay where the land
involved is situated.
- There must be a certificate of non-forum shopping.
- The case is initiated through a petition in PARAD.
- If the decision of PARAD is adverse, the remedy is to file a
motion for reconsideration.
- If the motion for reconsideration is denied, the remedy is to
file an appeal in DARAB.
- If the decision of DARAB is adverse, the remedy is to file a
motion for reconsideration.
- If the motion of reconsideration is denied, the remedy is to
file an appeal to the Court of Appeals.
- If the decision of the CA is adverse, the remedy is to file an
appeal to the Supreme Court.

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 CASES COGNIZABLE
ALI
- Classification and identification of landholdings for coverage under
the agrarian reform program and the initial issuance of CLOAs and
Eps, including protests or oppositions thereto and petitions for
lifting such coverage.
- Classification, identification, inclusion, exclusion, qualification, or
disqualification of potential or actual farmer-beneficiaries.
- Subdivision surveys of and under CARP.
- Recall or cancellation of provisional lease rentals, certificate of
land transfers and CARP beneficiary certificates in cases outside
the purview of PD 816, including the issuance, recall, or
cancellation of Eps and CLOAs not yet registered with the Register
of Deeds.
- Exercise of the right of retention by the landowner.
- Application for exemption from coverage.
- Exclusion from CARP coverage of agricultural land used for
livestock, swine, and poultry raising.
DARAB
- Cases involving rights and obligations of persons, whether
natural or juridical, engaged in the management, cultivation,
and use of all agricultural lands.
- Preliminary administrative determination of just
compensation.
- Annulment or cancellation of lease contracts or deeds of sale
or their amendments involving lands under the
administration and disposition of the DAR and LBP.
- Ejectment and dispossession of tenants or leaseholders.
- Sale, alienation, pre-emption, and redemption of agricultural
lands.
- Correction, partition, cancellation, secondary and subsequent
issuances of registered CLOAs and EPs.
- Annulment or rescission of lease contracts and deeds of sale
and the cancellation or amendments of titles of lands under
the administration of DAR.
- Boundary disputes.

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 - Special Agrarian Court (SAC).
o These RTCs designated as SAC have the same law,
original and exclusive jurisdiction over all –
 All petitions for the determination of just
compensation to landowners.
 The prosecution of all criminal offenses.
o The jurisdiction of the RTC is not any less “original
and exclusive” because the question is first passed
upon the DAR, as the judicial proceedings are not a
continuation of the administrative determination.
o The DAR has original, exclusive over agrarian
disputes, EXCEPT on the aspects of –
 Just compensation.
 Criminal jurisdiction over which regular courts
have jurisdiction.

Exam Coverage:
 History or origin of Agrarian Laws
 Elements of tenancy
 Cases cognizable by ALI and DARAB
 Just Compensation
 Distinction between CONVERSION and EXEMPTION
 Order of Succession
 Distinction between PD 27 and CARP
 Law on referral of cases
 Jurisdiction of SAC
 Lands covered and not covered by CARP
 Nature of land transfer under PD 27 and CARP

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