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13 wrz 2021 · Article 1157 of the Civil Code of the Philippines (NCC) provides the sources of an obligation. Thus provided, obligations arise from (a) law; (b) contracts; (c) quasi-contracts; (d) acts or omissions punished by law; and (e) quasi-delicts.
26 sie 2018 · Section 4. The prime duty of the Government is to serve and protect the people. The Government may call upon the people to defend the State and, in the fulfillment thereof, all citizens may be required, under conditions provided by law, to render personal, military or civil service. [1] This is self-executing.
Section 4. The State shall, by law, undertake an agrarian reform program founded on the right of farmers and regular farmworkers who are landless, to own directly or collectively the lands they till or, in the case of other farmworkers, to receive a just share of the fruits thereof.
The main sources of Philippine law are the Constitution, statutes, treaties and conventions, and judicial decisions. The Constitution is the fundamental law of the land and as such, it is authority of the highest order against which no other authority can prevail. Every official action, to be valid, must conform to it.
Owing to the unique history of the Philippines, its legal system is an equally unique blend of civil law (Spanish law), common law (American law), and, especially in Mindanao, Shariah law. Below is a list of Philippine legal terms: Term. Literal translation.
15 sie 2017 · Under the doctrine of qualified political agency, department secretaries are alter egos or assistants of the President and their acts are presumed to be those of the latter unless disapproved or reprobated by him.
A collection of Philippine laws, statutes and codes not included or cited in the main indices of the Chan Robles Virtual Law Library.
