BLAW 2 ABM-B (Business Organization)
Second Semester, School Year 2019-2020
Syllabus/Course Outline
Instructor: ATTY. MARCELIANO P. MONATO III
Course Schedule:
Monday and Thursday 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Course Description:
The course aims to provide students with an overview of laws related to business in the Philippines,
particularly those governing the transactions necessary for the conduct of an enterprise. The study of the
laws would be complemented by court case studies, to gain an interpretation and understanding of the
nature of these transactions.
Course Objective:
To provide the students with an overview of law and the Philippine legal system.
Assessment: 1. Class Participation (25%)
2. Class Attendance (25%)
3. Exams (25%)
4. Behavior/Attitude (25%)
Course Outline and Timeframe:
Week 1 – 4
Welcome / Introduction to Law
I. Introduction to course, overview of subject, explanation of policies and grading system
II. II. Introduction to Law
Obligations
I. General Provisions, Nature and Effects of Obligations
II. II. Different Kinds of Obligations
a. Pure and conditional Obligations
b. Obligations with a Period
c. Alternative Obligations
d. Joint and Solitary Obligations
e. Obligations with a Penal Clause
Week 5
PRELIM EXAM (January2-6, 2020 )
Week 6-9
Obligations
I. Payment
a. General Provisions Payment
b. Applications of Payments
c. Payment by Cession
d. Tender of Payment and Consignation
II. Loss of the Thing Due
III. Condonation or Remission of Debt
IV. Confusion or Merger of Rights
V. Compensation
VI. Novation
Week 10
Midterm (February 3-7)
Weeks 11- 13
Contracts
I. General Provisions
II. Essential Requisites –
i.Consent I.
ii.Object II.
iii.Cause
III. Forms
a. Reformation of Instruments
IV. Defective Contracts
a. Rescissible contracts
b. Voidable contracts
c. Unenforceable contracts
d. Void contracts
V. Corporations - General Concept; Definition; Attributes
VI. Corporate personality and doctrine of piercing the veil of corporate existence
Corporations and Partnerships
I. Incorporation
a. Articles of Incorporation
b. By-Laws
II. Board of Directors and Trustees and Officers and Meetings
III. Powers of a Corporation
IV. Capital Structure
V. Rights and Obligations of Stockholders
a. Merger
b. Foreign Corporations
c. Non-Stock / Special Corporations
d. IV. Dissolution and Winding UP
e. . Partnerships – General Concept; Definition VII.
f. Types, Requisites and Formation
Week 14 –
Final Exams (March 2-6, 2020)