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LAWS
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LAWS Ignorantia Legis Nun Excusat
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Ignorance of the laws exempts no one from
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abiding thereto…
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LAW
The body of rules of a society that are enforceable
through a system of courts.
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LAWS Laws may be created by legislatures or, in common
law jurisdictions, by the courts.
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RA8981 They regulate relations between individuals (private
PRC-BOA law); between individuals and the state (public law);
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RA8293 The word law derives from the late Old English “lagu”,
meaning something laid down or fixed.
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even, in some cases, within countries.
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PD957 An area in which a particular set of laws holds is
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FOUR WAYS TO ANALYZE LAWS
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LEGAL SYSTEMS
RA 9266
RA8981 SOURCES OF LAW
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RA8293 JURISPRUDENCE
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LEGAL SYSTEMS
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COMMON LAW
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RA8981 CIVIL LAW
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CUSTOMARY LAW
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RELIGIOUS LAW
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COMMON LAW
Laws that are not legislated but are commonly
accepted by different nations. Judicial decisions
are based on tradition, custom, and precedents.
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CIVIL LAW
RA 9266 Civil or civilian law is a legal tradition which is the
RA8981 base of the law in the majority of countries of the
PRC-BOA world. It refers to the area of law involving relations
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Civil Code describe all law outside of the criminal law context.
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patterns of behavior that can be objectively verified
PD1096 within a particular social setting. Generally,
PD957 customary law exists where a certain legal practice
BP344 is observed or the relevant actors consider it to be
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RELIGIOUS LAW
Law can be thought of as the ordering principle of
reality; knowledge as revealed by God defining
and governing all human affairs. Law, in the
THE ARCHITECTS religious sense, also includes codes of ethics and
LAWS morality which are upheld and required by God.
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RA8981 SOCIALIST LAW
PRC-BOA The official name of the legal system used in
Resolutions Communist States. It is based on the civil law
Civil Code system, with major modifications and additions
RA8293 from Marxist-Leninist ideology.
THE BUILDING & INTERNATIONAL LAW
PLANNING LAWS Consists of rules and principles of general
application dealing with the conduct of states and
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PD957 relations
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THE ARCHITECTS SOURCES OF LAW
LAWS
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STATUTORY LAW
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STATUTORY LAW
THE ARCHITECTS Refers to the sources of law other than statutory
LAWS law.
Its authority rests not on legislation passed by
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RA8981 codified,
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Resolutions But rather tradition, custom, and especially
Civil Code precedent.
RA8293 It is recognized by the Philippine Society as being
essentially inviolable;
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However, as customs and traditions change and
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evolve, the common, non-statutory law must
change and evolve with them, and occasionally be
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amended by statute.
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NON-STATUTORY LAW
Written law set down by a legislature or other
governing authority such as the executive branch
THE ARCHITECTS of government in response to a perceived need to
LAWS clarify the functioning of government, improve civil
order, answer a public need, codify or detail
RA 9266 existing law, or for an individual or company to
RA8981 obtain special treatment.
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Resolutions In addition to the statutes passed by the national or
Civil Code state legislature, lower authorities or municipalities
RA8293 may also promulgate administrative regulations or
municipal ordinances that have the force of law.
THE BUILDING &
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decrees are generally classified as rulemaking.
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BP344 of the whole state or nation, they are nonetheless a
BP220 part of the body of a jurisdiction's statutory law.
ADJUDICATION
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PUBLIC LAW
Criminal law | Constitutional law | Administrative
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Civil Code
Civil law | Law of obligations | Contract |
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Tort | Wills and Trusts
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COURTS LAW
PD1096 Adversarial system | Inquisitorial system |
PD957 Evidence | Judiciary | Lawyers
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JURISPRUDENCE
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Philosophy of law, Natural law
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PRC-BOA Legal positivism, Legal formalism
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Feminist legal theory, Law and
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Critical legal studies, Comparative law
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EXAMPLES OF STATUTORY LAWS
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RA 9266 Republic Acts
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PRC-BOA Presidential Decrees
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Ordinances
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EXAMPLES OF COMMON LAWS
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LAWS Law on Eminent Domain
The Sovereign power to acquire privately-owned
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properties for state infrastructure projects or
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Interest.
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Civil Code
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Law on Variance
THE BUILDING & It is the special permit, given to a lot Owner, to
PLANNING LAWS violate some land-use regulations in order to satisfy
the more important requirements.
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LAWS REGARDING BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION
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National Building Code of the Philippines (Revising RA 6541)
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Fire Code
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LAWS Condominium and Subdivision Buyers Protective Decree
(RA 4726 – Condominium Law)
RA 9266 BP 220
RA8981 Standards for Economic and Socialized Housing
PRC-BOA BP 344
Resolutions Enhancing the Mobility of Disabled Persons
Civil Code PD 856
RA8293 Philippine Sanitation Code
PD 1067
Water Code
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Urban Development and Housing Act
PD 772
PD1096 Anti- Squatting Law (RA 8368 – An Act Decriminalizing
PD957 Squatting)
BP344 RA 7718
BP220 Build Operate and transfer Law
LAWS REGARDING BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION
RA 386
THE ARCHITECTS Civil Code of the Philippines
LAWS RA 7160
Local Government Code
RA 9266 RA 8293
RA8981 Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (Repealing RA
165, as amended / RA 166, as amended / PD 49 / PD 285, as amended
PRC-BOA / Art. 188 & 189 of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines.)
Resolutions Act 3815
Civil Code Revised Penal Code
RA8293 PD 1295
National Engineering Center
THE BUILDING & RA 7718
PLANNING LAWS Build Operate and transfer Law
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PD957
BP344
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PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY LAWS
RA 9266
The New Architecture Law (Revising RA 545 and RA 1581)
RA 544
Civil Engineering Law
THE ARCHITECTS RA 1378
LAWS Plumbing Law
RA 4374
RA 9266 Geodetic Engineering Law
RA8981 RA 7920
PRC-BOA Electrical Engineering and Electrician Law
Resolutions RA 8534
Civil Code Interior Design Law
RA8293 RA 1308
Environmental planning Law
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Sanitary Engineering Law
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RA 4110
Airconditioning and refrigeration Engineering Law
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RA 5734
PD957 Electronics and Communications Engineering Law
BP344 RA 8495
BP220 Mechanical Engineering Law
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