2017 Bar Examinations - Civil Law

PART I — GENERAL PRINCIPLES 

I. Effect and Application of Laws (Civil Code) Include: Conflict of Laws (Private International Law)

II. Human Relations (Arts. 19-22, Civil Code)

Exclude: Independent civil actions and prejudicial questions which will be covered by the examinations in Remedial Law

PART II — PERSONS AND FAMILY RELATIONS

I. Persons and Personality (Civil Code)

II. Marriage (Family Code)

Exclude:

1. Muslim Code (P.D. 1083)

2. Duties of a Civil Registrar under Articles 12-19, 23-25 (Family Code)

3. A.M. No. 02-11-10-SC, Rule on Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Void Marriages and Annulment of Voidable Marriages; R.A. No. 6955, entitled "An Act to Declare Unlawful the Practice of Matching Filipino Women for Marriage to Foreign Nationals on a Mail Order Basis and Other Similar Practices xxx". R.A. No. 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003

III. Legal Separation (Family Code)

Exclude: A.M. No. 02-11-11-SC, or the Rule on Legal Separation

IV. Rights and Obligations Between Husband and Wife (Family Code)

Exclude: R.A. No. 7192 or the Women in Development and Nation Building Act; R.A. No.8187, or the Paternity Leave Act of 1996; R.A. No. 9710, or The Magna Carta of Women.

V. Property Relations of the Spouses (Family Code)

Exclude: Summary Judicial Proceedings in Family Law Cases

VI. The Family (Family Code)

1. The family as an institution

2. The family home

VII. Paternity and Filiation (Family Code)

Exclude: A.M. No. 06-11-5-SC or Rule on DNA Evidence

VIII. Adoption

A. Domestic Adoption Act of 1998 (R.A. No. 8552)

1. Who can adopt

2. Who can be adopted

3. Rights of an adopted child (include Art. 189-190, Family Code)

4. Instances when adoption may be rescinded

5. Effects of rescission

Exclude:

1. Rule on Adoption (A.M. No. 02-6-02-SC)

2. R.A. No. 9523, entitled "An Act Requiring Certification of the Department of Social Welfare and Development to Declare a 'Child Legal Available for Adoption' as a Prerequisite for Adoption Proceedings xxx."

B. Inter-Country Adoption Act of 1995 (R.A. No. 8043)

1. When allowed

2. Who can adopt

3. Who can be adopted

C. Distinction between domestic adoption and inter-country adoption

Exclude: Articles 183-188, 191-193 (Family Code)

IX. Support (Family Code)

X. Parental Authority (Family Code)

Include: Child Abuse Law (R.A. No. 7610), specifically Sec. 10 (c).

Exclude:

1. Rule on Guardianship of Minors (A.M. No. 03-02-05-SC)

2. Rules on Custody of Minors and Writ of Habeas Corpus in Relation to Custody of Minors (A.M. o. 03-04-04-SC)

3. Solo Parents' Welfare Act of 2000 (R.A. No. 8972)

4. The Early Childhood Care and Development Act (R.A. No. 8980)

5. R.A. No. 9231, entitled "An Act Providing for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Affording Stronger Protection for the Working Child xxx," which will be covered under Labor Law

Xl. Emancipation (Arts. 234 and 236, Family Code, as amended by R.A. No. 6809 which lowered the age of majority)

XII. Retroactivity of the Family Code (Art. 256) Exclude: Arts. 254-255, 257 (Family Code)

XIII. Funerals (Arts. 305-310, Civil Code)

Exclude: Care and Education of Children (Arts. 356-363, Civil Code)

XIV. Use of Surnames

Arts. 364-380, Civil Code (other articles not repealed by Family Code)

Include: R.A. No. 9255 (An Act Allowing Illegitimate Children to Use the Surname of Their Father)

XV. Absence

1. Art. 41, Family Code

2. Art. 381-389, Civil Code

3. Art. 390-392, Civil Code (Presumption of Death)

PART Ill — PROPERTY

I. Characteristics

II. Classification

III. Ownership

IV. Accession

V. Quieting of Title to or Interest in and Removal or Prevention of Cloud over Title or Interest in Real Property

VI. Co-ownership

VII. Possession

VIII. Usufruct

IX. Easements

X. Nuisance

XI. Modes of Acquiring Ownership

XII. Donations

Prescription

I. Definition

II. Acquisitive and Extinctive Prescription

III. Instances when prescription is not allowed

IV. Prescription or limitation of actions

PART IV— OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS 

Obligations

I. Definition, Elements

II. Sources of Obligation

III. Nature and Effects of Obligations

IV. Kinds of Obligations

1. Pure and Conditional

2. Obligations with a Period

3. Alternative Obligations

4. Joint and Solidary Obligations

5. Divisible and Indivisible Obligations

6. Obligations with a Penal Clause

V. Extinguishment of Obligations

1. Payment or Performance

2. Loss of the Thing Due

3. Condonation or remission of debt

4. Confusion or merger of rights of creditor and debtor

5. Compensation

6. Novation

Contracts

I. Essential Requisites

II. Kinds of Contracts

III. Objects, Cause and Form of Contracts

IV. Reformation of Instruments

V. Interpretation of Contracts

VI. Rescissible Contracts

VII. Voidable Contracts

VIII. Unenforceable Contracts

IX. Void and Inexistent Contracts

Natural Obligations

Estoppel

PART V — SALES 

I. Nature and Form of Contract

II. Capacity to Buy or Sell

III. Effects of the Contract when the Thing Sold has been lost

IV. Obligations of the Vendor

V. Obligations of the Vendee

VI. Breach of Contract

Include:

1. Recto Law: sale of movables on installment (Articles 1484-1486, Civil Code)

2. Maceda Law: sale of immovable on installment (RA 6552)

VII. Extinguishment of Sale

VIII. Assignment of Credits

PART VI — LEASE 

I. General Provisions

1. Lease of Things

2. Lease of Work and Services

II. Lease of Rural and Urban Lands

III. Rights and Obligations of Lessor and Lessee

IV. Special Rules for Lease of Rural/Urban Lands

Exclude: Household Service, Contract of Labor, Contract for Piece of Work (for inclusion in Labor Law)

PART VII — PARTNERSHIP 

I. Contract of Partnership

II. Rights and Obligations of Partnership

III. Rights and Obligations of Partners Among Themselves

IV. Obligations of Partnership/ Partners to Third Persons

V. Dissolution and Winding Up

VI. Limited Partnership

PART VIII — AGENCY

I. Definition

 II. Nature, Form and Kinds of Agency

III. Obligations of the Agent

IV. Obligations of the Principal

V. Modes of Extinguishment

PART IX — TRUST

I. Definition

II. Kinds of Trust

1. Express Trust

2. Implied Trust

PART X — CREDIT TRANSACTIONS

I. Loan

II. Deposit

III. Guaranty and Suretyship

IV. Pledge, Mortgage and Antichresis, Chattel Mortgage (include Act 1508)

V. Quasi-Contracts

VI. Concurrence and Preference of Credits

Include: Section 133 of Republic Act No. 10142 (An Act Providing for the Rehabilitation or Liquidation of Financially Distressed Enterprises and Individuals)

PART XI — SUCCESSION 

I. General Provisions

II. Testamentary Succession/Wills

III. Legal or Intestate Succession

IV. Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Succession

 Exclude: Executors and administrators (Articles 1058-1060, Civil Code), which will be covered under Remedial Law

PART XII— LAND TITLES AND DEEDS

I. Torrens System (General Principles)

II. Original Registration

III. Subsequent Registration

1. Voluntary dealings

2. Involuntary dealings

B. Non-registrable Properties

C. Dealings with Unregistered Lands

Exclude:

1. History of land laws

2. Remedies sufficiently covered under Remedial Law

3. Registration of Judgments, orders and partitions

4. Assurance fund

5. Registration of patents

6. Administrative structure of the Register of Deeds

7. Consultas

PART XIII — TORTS AND DAMAGES 

Book I — Torts/Quasi-Delicts

Articles 2176-2194 (Civil Code)

I. Definition, Elements

II. Classification of Torts

1. Negligent Torts

2. Intentional Torts

3. Strict Liability

III. The Tortfeasor

1. Direct tortfeasor

2. Persons made responsible for others

3. Nature of liability

IV. The Concepts and Doctrines of Res Ipsa Loquitur, Last Clear Chance, Proximate Cause, Damnum Absque Injuria, Presumption of Negligence, Vicarious Liability.

V. Legal Injury

Book II — Damages

Articles 2195-2235 (Civil Code)

I. General Provisions

II. Actual and Compensatory Damages

III. Moral Damages

IV. Nominal Damages

V. Temperate or Moderate Damages

VI. Liquidated Damages

VII. Exemplary or Corrective Damages

VIII. Damages in Case of Death

IMPORTANT NOTES: 

* The listing of covered topics is not intended and should not be used by law schools as a course outline, and that this listing has been drawn up for the limited purpose of ensuring that the Bar candidates are guided on the coverage of the 2017 Bar Examinations.

* All laws, rules, issuances and jurisprudence pertinent to every subject and its listed topics as of June 30, 2016 are examinable materials within the coverage of the 2017 Bar Examinations.

* Principles of law are not covered by the cut-off period stated herein.

COMMITTEE FOR THE 2017 BAR EXAMINATIONS

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