CIVIL PROCEDURE
ATTY. CHRISTIAN “Kit” VILLASIS
Assignment No. 1
Kindly answer the following questions in your notebook.
1. Differentiate Remedial law from Substantive law.
2. What is the rule-making power of the Supreme Court? What are its
limitations?
3. Explain the concept of Judicial Power.
4. What is a Court? Distinguish a Court from a Judge. What are the
classification of Courts in the Philippines?
5. What are the exceptions to the coverage of the Rules of Court?
6. Can we give retroactive effect to procedural rules? Explain
7. Study the following:
a. General Principles
b. Jurisdiction
c. Katarungan Pambarangay Law
d. Rules on Summary Procedure
8. Explain the following:
a. Liberal Construction principle
b. Power of the Supreme Court to amend and suspend the rules
c. Philippine Courts being both courts of law and equity
d. Principle of judicial hierarchy
e. Doctrine of judicial stability
f. Doctrine of primary jurisdiction
g. Doctrine of adherence to jurisdiction or principle of continuity of
jurisdiction
9. Define jurisdiction.
a. Jurisdiction over the parties
b. Jurisdiction over the subject matter
c. Jurisdiction over the res
d. Jurisdiction over the issues
10. Differentiate jurisdiction from venue in civil and criminal cases.
11. Enumerate the jurisdiction of the following:
a. Supreme Court
b. Court of Appeals
c. Court of Tax Appeals
d. Sandiganbayan
e. Regional Trial Court
f. Family Courts
g. Metropolitan Trial Courts/Municipal Trial Courts
h. Shariah Couts
12. How is jurisdiction acquired over the person of the plaintiff and the
defendant? Explain.