AGRARIAN LAW & SOCIAL LEGISLATION
ASSIGNED TOPICS AND CASES Part Four Retention, Exemption and Exclusions
for JULY 10, 2017
Posted on July 4, 2017 by ALVIN
CLARIDADES
Part One Overview of the Course on Agrarian
Law
1. General Concepts of Agrarian Reform
2. Historical and Legal Backdrop
Part Two Legislative Backdrop
1. RA 3844, as amended by RA 6389 Code of
Agrarian Reforms of the Philippines
2. PD 27 Decree Emancipating Tenants from the
Bondage of the Soil
3. EO 129-A Modifying EO 129 Reorganizing
and Strengthening DAR
4. EO 228 Declaring Full Land Ownership to
Qualified Beneficiaries under PD 27
5. Proc. 131 Instituting a Comprehensive Agrarian
Reform Program
6. RA 6657 Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Program enacted on June 10, 1988
7. Sec. 2 of RA 6657, as amended by RA 9700
Declaration of Principles and Policies
8. RA 7881 Amending the CARP
9. RA 9700 Strengthening the CARP
Part Three Land Acquisition
1. Agrarian Reform Defined Sec. 3(a), RA 6657
2. Scope of the Program Sec. 4, RA 6657
3. Priorities of Coverage Sec. 7, RA 6657
4. Land Acquisition: Compulsory Acquisition
Sec. 16, RA 6657
5. Land Acquisition: Voluntary Offer to Sell Sec.
19, RA 6657
Cases:
1. Association of Small Landowners in the Phils. v.
Sec. of Agrarian Reform, GR. No. 79310, July 14,
1989
2. Roxas v. CA, GR No. 127876, Dec. 17, 1999
3. Corporate Landowners: Stock Distribution
Option Sec. 31, RA 6657
4. Award of Lands to Children of Landowners
Sec. 6, RA 6657
Issuance: DAR AO 2, S. 2009 Rules and
Regulations on the Acquisition and Distribution of
Agricultural Lands under RA 6657, as amended by
RA 9700
1. Retention Rights Sec. 6, RA 6657
Case: Alita vs. CA, G.R. No. 78517, February 27,
1989
Issuance: DAR AO 2, S. 2003 2003 Rules of
Procedure on Landowners Retention Rights
1. Exemptions and Exclusions Sec. 10, RA 6657
2. Sec. 3(c) of RA 6657, in relation to DOJ Opinion
No. 44 s. 1990 and the case of Natalia Realty v.
DAR, GR No. 103302, August 12, 1993
Issuances:
1. DAR AO 13, S. 1990 Rules and Procedures
Governing Exemptions of Lands under Sec. 10 of
RA 6657
2. DAR AO 4, S. 2003 2003 Rules on Exemption
of Lands under Sec. 3c, RA 6657 and DOJ Opinion
44 s. 1990
Cases:
1. Milestone Farms, Inc., v. Office of the President,
G.R. No. 182332. February 23, 2011
2. Luz Farms v. Sec. of Agrarian Reform, GR No.
86889, December 4, 1990
3. DAR v. Sutton, G.R. No. 162070. October 19,
2005
4. RA 7881 (1995) Exempting Prawn Farms and
Fishponds from CARP
Issuance: DAR AO 3, S. 1995 Rules and
Regulations on the Exemption of Fishponds from
the Coverage of CARL pursuant to RA 7881
Cases:
1. Central Mindanao University v. DARAB, G.R.
No. 100091. October 22, 1992
2. DAR v. DECS, G.R. No. 158228. March 23,
2004
3. Province of Camarines Sur v. CA, G.R. No.
103125 May 17, 1993
4. Roxas & Company, Inc. v. DAMBA-NFSW,
G.R. No. 149548. December 4, 2009
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