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The Civil Code governs private law in the Philippines, including obligations and contracts, succession, torts and damages, property. It was enacted in 1950. Book I of the Civil Code, which governed marriage and family law, was supplanted by the Family Code in 1987. [2] Republic Act No. 6657: Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Code
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:
Part 2 (The Substantive Law). Pages 123 to 279. "Substantive and Adjective Law" (1881) 16 The Law Journal 441 (1 October 1881) J Newton Fiero, "The Relation of Procedure to the Substantive Law", Law Pamph. Vol 202. (1904) 2 Delta Chi Quarterly 5 (January 1904). Clark , "The Handmaid of Justice" (1938) 23 Washington University Law Quarterly 297.
"Procedural law" in contrast to "substantive law" is a concept available in various legal systems and languages. Similar to the English expressions are the Spanish words derecho adjetivo and derecho material or derecho sustantivo , as well as the Portuguese terms for them, direito adjetivo and direito substantivo .
Substantive equality is concerned with equality of outcome for all subgroups in society including disadvantaged and marginalized groups. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Substantive rights are contrasted with procedural rights , which are purely formal rules of law that only prescribe how a law ought to be enforced, rather than defining the outcome of a law.
Renaming the Product Development and Design Center of the Philippines into the Design Center of the Philippines 2013-05-15: 10558: Increasing Plantilla Positions for the West Visayas State University and West Visayas State University Medical Center 2013-05-17: 10559: Renaming a Provincial Office of the PNP 2013-05-17: 10560
The Philippines' Supreme Court declared two parts of a controversial anti-terrorism law unconstitutional on Thursday, dismaying activists and rights groups who sought the scrapping of the ...
The Civil Code of the Philippines is the product of the codification of private law in the Philippines. It is the general law that governs family and property relations in the Philippines. It was enacted in 1950, and remains in force to date with some significant amendments. [citation needed]