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(SYLLABUS)
Definition of Terms
1. Law
a. Natural Law
1. Physical Law
2. Moral Law
3. Divine Law
b. Positive Law
1. Public Law
i. Constitutional Law
ii. Administrative Law
iii. International Law
iv. Criminal Law
2. Private Law
i. Substantive Law
ii. Procedural Law
2. Source of Law
3. Classifications of Law
1. As to Nature
i. Penal
ii. Remedial
iii. Labor
iv. Tax
b. As to Application
i. Mandatory
ii. Directory
iii. Prospective
iv. Retroactive
c. As to Duration
i. Permanent
ii. Temporary
4. Types of Legislation
a. Bills
b. Joint Resolution
c. Concurrent Resolution
d. Simple Resolution
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5. Parts of Statute
a. Title
b. Preamble
c. Enacting Clause
d. Body
e. Proviso
f. Interpretative Clause
g. Effectivity Clause
I. POLITICAL LAW
a. Structure Of The Government
b. Power And Function Of The Government
i. LEGISLATIVE
1. Article VI, Section 1, 1987 Constiuttion
2. Legislative Enactment Process
3. Concept of Bicameral Conference Committee
4. Phil. Judges Association v. Secretary Prado
5. Non-Legislative Functions of the Congress
6. Congressional Oversight Power of the Congress
a. Categories:
i. Legislative Scrutiny
ii. Legislative Investigation
1. Inquiry in aid of Legislation
2. Question Hour
iii. Legislative Supervision
ii. EXECUTIVE
1. Powers of the Chief Executive
2. Article VII, Section 16 to 23
iii. JUDICIARY
1. Judicial Power
a. Traditional Concept
b. Expanded Concept
c. Political Question Doctrine
2. Judicial Review
a. Matibag v. Benipayo
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II. LABOR LAW
a. Labor Standards Law
b. Labor Relations Law
c. Employer-Employee Relationship
i. Elements
d. Minimum Wage Rate
e. Service Incentive Leave Pay
f. Thirteenth Month Pay
g. Job Contractive v. Labor-only Contracting
i. Elements
h. Security of Tenure
i. Regular Employments
j. Probationary Employment
k. Termination of Employment
i. Just cause
ii. Authorized causes
V. MERCANTILE LAW
a. Negotiable Instrument
i. Characteristics
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ii. Requisites of Negotiability
iii. Promissory Note and Check
b. Contract of Insurance
i. Characteristics
ii. Classes of Insurance
iii. Parties to Insurance
iv. Insurable Interest
v. Double Insurance
vi. Incontestability Clause
c. Common Carrier
i. Common carrier v. private carrier
ii. Diligence required of common carriers
iii. Presumption of Negligence
iv. Doctrine of Last Clear Chance
d. Corporation
i. Doctrine of Piercing the Veil of Corporate Fiction
ii. De jure corporation
iii. De facto corporation
iv. Personal liability of directors
v. Doctrine of apparent authority
vi. Doctrine of corporate opportunity
vii. Trust fund doctrine
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s. Penalties
i. Range of penalties
ii. Classification
iii. Subsidiary
iv. Civil interdiction
v. Extinction of criminal liability
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