FIRST YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER Persons and Family Relations A basic course on the law of o f persons and the family which first views the effect and application of laws and the law on human relations, and then proceeds to examine the legal norms affecting civil personality, marriage, property relations between husband and wife, legal separation, the matrimonial regimes of absolute community, conjugal partnership of gains and complete separation of property, family, paternity and filiation, adoption, guardianship, support, parental authority, surnames, absences and emancipation, including the rules of procedure relative to the foregoing. Cases, recitations and lectures: 5 hours a week - 5 units. Criminal Law I A detailed examination into the characteristics of criminal law, the nature of felonies, stages of execution, circumstances affecting criminal liability, persons criminally liable, the extent and extinction of criminal liability as well as the civil liability of the offender, what it includes, and the extinction and survival of civil liability, as well as understanding of penalties in criminal law, their nature and theories, classes, crimes, habitual delinquency, juvenile delinquency, the Indeterminate Sentence Law and the Probation Prob ation Law. The course covers Articles 1 – 1 – 113 113 of the Revised Penal Code and related laws. Cases, recitations and lectures: 4 hours a week - 4 units.d Constitutional Law I A survey and evaluation of o f basic principles dealing with the structure of the Philippine Government. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Statutory Construction A course that explores the use and force of statutes and the principles and methods of their construction and interpretation. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Legal Research and Legal Bibliography A course in the use of law la w books and principles of legal research, includin g a probe into the methodology of legal research and the preparartion of legal opinions, memoranda, expo sitory or critical, on any subject approved b y the professor-in-charge. Lectures, recitations, readings and practical work: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Legal Profession The history and development of legal profession in the Philippines, its current problems, goals, and the role in society. Cases, recitations and lectures: 1 hour a week - 1 unit. Seminar I This course covers two theological principles: (a) encountering Jesus Ch rist in Sacred Scripture, both Old and New Testaments, and (b) encountering Jesus Christ in the life and mission of the Church with particular stress on fundamental and contemporary moral and social issues. Recitations, readings and lectures: 1 hour a week - 1 unit. LAW CURRICULUM 1st Semester Units
Persons & Family Relations Criminal Law I Constitutional Law I Statutory Construction Legal Research & Legal Bibliography Legal Profession Seminar I (SBC Requirement)
5 4 3 2 2 1 1 ___ 18 units FIRST YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER Obligations and Contracts An in-depth study of the nature, kind and effect of obligations, and their extinguishment; contracts in general, their requisites, form and interpretation; and defective contracts, including quasi-contracts, natural obligations and estoppel. Cases, recitations and lectures: 5 hou rs a week 5 units. Criminal Law II A comprehensive appraisal of specific felonies penalized in Book II of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, their nature, elements and corresponding penalties. Cases, recitations and lectures: 4 hours a week - 4 units. Constitutional Law II A comprehensive study of the Constitution, the bill of rights and judicial review of acts affecting them. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Legal Writing An introduction to legal writing techniques. It involves applied legal bibliography, case digesting and reporting analysis, legal reasoning and preparation of legal opinions or memoranda. Lectures, readings and practical work: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Legal Ethics A course that focuses on the canons of legal ethics involving the duties and responsibilities of the lawyer with respect to the client, the court, the bar and the public. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Legal Philosophy A study of the main currents of jurisprudential thought; the material an d ideal views on the nature of the law; the significance of the law as a means of social control; and the problems and perspective deemed significant together with the nature of the solutions advanced affecting the social structure. Recitations, readings and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units.
Seminar This course deals with encountering Christ in the sacraments of the Church as His continuing presence in the world. It deals e xpecially with the sacrament of marriage. Recitations, readings and lectures: 1 hour a week - 1 unit. LAW CURRICULUM Starting School Year 1996-1997 2nd Semester Units Obligations & Contracts Criminal Law II (Pre-Crim. Law I) Constitutional Law II Legal Writing Legal Ethics Legal Philosophy (Elective) Seminar II (SBC Requirement)
5 4 3 2 2 2 1 ___ 19 units SECOND YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER Property The law on the different kinds of property, ownership and its modifications, co-ownership, possession, usufruct, easements or servitudes, nuisance, and the different modes of acquiring ownership. Cases, recitations and lectures: 4 hours a week - 4 units. Sales and Lease An in-depth consideration of the provisions of the Civil Code on the contract of sale, its nature and form, the obligations of the vendor and the vendee, warranties, remedies, breach of contract, conventional and legal redemption, as well as the Civil Code provisions on lease, including the Rental Law. The course includes assignments of c redits and incorporeal rights, the Bulk Sales Law, and the nationalization law. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Negotiable Instruments Law An examination of the statutory provisions governing ne gotiable instruments as well as other commercial papers, including investment papers and money market instruments. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Criminal Procedure The rules on criminal procedure, including the basic rights of the accused, the jurisdiction of courts and the procedure in criminal cases. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Land Titles and Deeds
The system and methods of registration of titles and deeds to land. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Public Corporations A study of the general principles governing municipal corporations; the laws affecting the creation, organization and government of provinces, cities, municipalities, municipal districts, and barangays; the scope and application of the powers of municipal ordinances, contracts, liabilities and enterprises. Cases, recitations and lectures: 1 hour a week - 1 unit. Election Law This course examines the rules regulating the conduct of elections and the law on pre proclamation contests and election protests. Cases, recitations and lectures: 1 hour a week - 1 unit. Banking Laws Study of the rules and regulations governing b anks and non-bank financial intermediaries including major Central Bank rules. Cases, recitations and lectu res: 1 hour a week - 1 unit. Seminar 3 This course deals with the definition and anal ysis of justice as well as with related concepts, such as human dignity, freedom, rights, nationalism, and development. Recitations, readings and lectures: 1 hour a week - 1 unit. LAW CURRICULUM Starting School Year 1996-1997 1st Semester Units Property (Pre-ObliCon) Sales & Lease (Pre-ObliCon) Negotiable Instruments Law (Pre-ObliCon) Criminal Procedure Land Titles & Deeds Public Corporations (Elective)(Pre-Const. I & II) Election Law (Elective)(Pre-Const. I & II) Banking Laws (Elective) Seminar III (SBC Requirement)
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___ 19 units SECOND YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER Business Organizations I (PAT) A course combining the laws of Partnership, Agency and Trusts. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Credit Transactions The law governing loans and deposits, including mortgages, pledge, antichresis, guaranty, sureties and other securities or collaterals. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Labor Standards An investigation into the minimum labor standards, working conditions and employment benefits, including statutes and decrees on labo r standards. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Administrative Law The development and application of principles and doctrines governing administrative agencies with rule-making and adjudicative functions, including the Law on Public Officers. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Transportation The general principles and basic regulations governing common carriers (land, sea, air). Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Public International Law An overview of the legal principles governing international relations based, among others, on the United Nations Charter and the decisions of international tribunals. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Insurance A study of Insurance Code and related laws, including the concept and function of insurance, the nature of the insurance contract, insurable interest, special forms of insurance and government regulation of the insurance business. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Seminar 4 A study of Insurance Code and related laws, including the concept and function of insurance, the nature of the insurance contract, insurable interest, special forms of insurance and government regulation of the insurance business. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hou rs a week - 2 units. LAW CURRICULUM Starting School Year 1996-1997 2nd Semester Units Business Organizations I (PAT)(Pre-ObliCon) Credit Transactions (Pre-ObliCon) Labor Standards Administrative Law (Pre-Const. I & II) Transportation (Pre-ObliCon) Public International Law Insurance (Pre-ObliCon) Seminar IV (SBC Requirement)
3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 ___ 18 units THIRD YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER Civil Procedure The rules of civil procedure involving basic principles of jurisdiction and procedure in civil cases and provisional remedies. Cases, recitations and lectures: 5 hours a w eek - 5 units. Succession A detailed evaluation of the law on testate and intestate succession, including wills, institution of heirs, computation of legitimes of compulsory heirs, disinheritance, and partition and distribution of the estate. The course also takes up rules of procedure on the settlement and administration of the estate of deceased persons. Cases, recitation, lectures: 4 hours a week: - 4 units. Labor Standards An investigation into the minimum labor standards, working conditions and employment benefits, including statutes and decrees on labor standards. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Taxation 1 The general principles of taxation and statutory provisions on income taxation, including pertinent revenue regulations. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Labor Relations A survey of the laws implementing the rights to self-organization and collective bargaining, including the laws relating to strikes, pickets and lock -outs. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Torts and Damages An analysis of the law on quasi-delicts as well as the nature, classes and extent o f damages. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Legal Counseling An introduction to the art and technique of legal counseling as well as a consideration of the responsibilities of the lawyer as counselor. Lectures, readings and practical work: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Law on Intellectual Property A study of the Laws on Trademarks, Patent, Copyright and Intellectual Creation. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. LAW CURRICULUM Starting School Year 1996-1997 1st Semester Units
Civil Procedure Succession (Pre-Persons) Taxation I Labor Relations Torts & Damages (Pre-ObliCon) Legal Counselling Law on Intellectual Property
5 4 3 3 2 2 2 ___ 21 units THIRD YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER Business Organization II A study of the Corporation Code or the law governing private corporations. It includes the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cases, recitations and lectures: 4 ho urs a week - 4 units Succession A detailed evaluation of the law on testate and intestate succession, including wills, institution of heirs, computation of legitimes of compulsory heirs, disinheritance, and partition and distribution of the estate. The course also takes up rules of procedure on the settlement and administration of the estate of deceased persons. Cases, recitation, lectures: 4 hours a week: - 4 units. Evidence and Trial Technique A course which looks into the rules of presentation, admissibility, and weight and sufficiency of evidence, including burden of proof and presumption. Integrated with it is practical instruction in the preparation of cases and trial briefs before actual trial of cases, both civil and criminal. It includes practical suggestions on effective methods and gathering the facts of cases, the formulation of the theory of the case, search for legal authorities, construction of pleadings, interview of witnesses and examination of witnesses in the course o f the trial, with particular emphasis on Sections 1 to 19, Rule 132, of the Rules of Court. Outstanding cases illustrating the effective and efficient utilization of procedural rules in enhancin g successful litigation are analyzed in detail and, where appropriate, hypothetical cases are presented for solution by the students. Cases, recitations and lectures: 4 hours a week - 4 units. Taxation II A study of the concepts and general principles of transfer (estate and donor’s), specific, business, percentage, amusement, and miscellaneous taxes provided in the National Internal revenue Code, including general principles on tariff and customs duties. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Special Proceedings and Special Civil Actions A study of rules on settlement of estate, wills, letters testamentary and administration, encumbrance of property of decedent and escheats; General Guardians and Guardianship;
Trustees; Adoption and Custody of Minors; Hospitalization of Insane Persons; Habeas Corpus; Change of Name; Voluntary Dissolution of Corporations; Judicial approval of Voluntar y Recognition of Minor Natural children; Absentees; Cancellation or Correction of entries in the Civil Registry. The course also includes a study of the Rules of Court and jurisprudence governing special civil actions. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Problem Areas in Legal Ethics A course aimed at examining and resolving specific problems which may confront lawyers and judges in the exercise of the profession. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Legal Forms (with Contract Drafting) A course which trains students in the drafting of various legal documents and deeds. Training o n practical skills of drafting commonly used contracts, how to avoid litigation, as well as how to fully express and protect the true intent of the parties. Lectures, readings and practical work: 2 hours a week - 2 units. LAW CURRICULUM Starting School Year 1996-1997 1st Semester Units Civil Procedure Succession (Pre-Persons) Taxation I Labor Relations Torts & Damages (Pre-ObliCon) Legal Counselling Law on Intellectual Property
5 4 3 3 2 2 2 ___ 21 units FOURTH YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER Criminal Law Review A general review of the Revised Penal Code with its latest amendments, and the interpretative decisions of the Supreme Court as well as the other relevant penal statutes. Cases, recitations and lectures: 6 hours a week - 6 units. Constitutional Law Review A thorough review of the political laws of the Philippines, including a general survey of the Constitution of the Philippines, Administrative Law, Law on Public Officers, Election Law, and Public Corporations. Cases, recitations and lectures: 5 hours a week - 5 units.
Civil Law Review I A general integration of the principles in civil law covering the effect and application of laws, the law on human relations, Persons and Family Relations, Property, Ownership and its Modifications, the Different Modes of Acquiring Ownership, including Succession. Pertinent provisions of special laws and Rules of Court are also reviewed. Cases, recitations and lectures: 4 hours a week - 4 units. Legal Medicine (with Practicum IV) An overview of the principles relating to medico-legal cases, the study of ballistics, questioned documents, forensic chemistry, voice print identification, polygraph, fingerprints and other related subjects, including the procedure of presenting and examining a medical or other expert witness. The course also includes population educ ation. Recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Labor Law Review A general review of all laws affecting labor standards and labor relations. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Practice Court I Training on the preparation and drafting of complaints, petitions, answers, motions, briefs and other pleadings before tribunals and the art of effective oral advocacy. Recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. LAW CURRICULUM 1st Semester Units Criminal Law Review Constitutional Law Review Civil Law Review I Legal Medicine (w/ Practicum IV) Labor Law Review Practice Court I
6 5 4 2 2 2 ___ 21 units FOURTH YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER Obligations and Contracts An in-depth study of the nature, kind and effect of obligations, and their extinguishment; contracts in general, their requisites, form and interpretation; and defective contracts, including quasi-contracts, natural obligations and estoppel. Cases, recitations and lectures: 5 hou rs a week 5 units. Criminal Law II
A comprehensive appraisal of specific felonies penalized in Book II of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, their nature, elements and corresponding penalties. Cases, recitations and lectures: 4 hours a week - 4 units. Constitutional Law II A comprehensive study of the Constitution, the bill of rights and judicial review of acts affecting them. Cases, recitations and lectures: 3 hours a week - 3 units. Legal Writing An introduction to legal writing techniques. It involves applied le gal bibliography, case digesting and reporting analysis, legal reasoning and preparation of legal opinions or memoranda. Lectures, readings and practical work: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Legal Ethics A course that focuses on the canons of legal ethics involving the duties and responsibilities of the lawyer with respect to the client, the court, the bar and the public. Cases, recitations and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Legal Philosophy A study of the main currents of jurisprudential thought; the material and ideal views on the nature of the law; the significance of the law as a means of social control; and the problems and perspective deemed significant together with the nature of the solutions advanced affecting the social structure. Recitations, readings and lectures: 2 hours a week - 2 units. Seminar 2 This course deals with encountering Christ in the sacraments of the Church as His continuing presence in the world. It deals expecially with the sacrament of marriage. Recitations, readings and lectures: 1 hour a week - 1 unit. LAW CURRICULUM Starting School Year 1996-1997 1st Semester Units Criminal Law Review Constitutional Law Review Civil Law Review I Legal Medicine (w/ Practicum IV) Labor Law Review Practice Court I
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