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Ignorantia Legis Nun Excusat

Ignorance of the laws exempts no one from abiding thereto
( Article 3 of the Civil Code of the Philippines )

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LAW
The body of rules of a society that are enforceable through a system of courts.

Laws may be created by legislatures or, in common law jurisdictions, by the courts.
They regulate relations between individuals (private law); between individuals and the state (public law); and between different states (international law). The word law derives from the late Old English lagu, meaning something laid down or fixed. Laws vary widely between different countries and even, in some cases, within countries. An area in which a particular set of laws holds is called a jurisdiction.

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FOUR WAYS TO ANALYZE LAWS LEGAL SYSTEMS SOURCES OF LAW ADJUDICATION

JURISPRUDENCE

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LEGAL SYSTEMS COMMON LAW CIVIL LAW CUSTOMARY LAW RELIGIOUS LAW

SOCIALIST LAW
INTERNATIONAL LAW

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COMMON LAW
Laws that are not legislated but are commonly accepted by different nations. Judicial decisions are CIVIL LAW based on tradition, custom, and precedents. Civil or civilian law is a legal tradition which is the base of the law in the majority of countries of the world. It refers to CUSTOMARY LAW the area of law involving relations between private individuals. It also is used to describe all law outside of Custom, or customary law consists of established the criminal law context. patterns of behaviour that can be objectively verified RELIGIOUS LAW within a particular social setting. Generally, customary Law canis be thought or of as the ordering principle of law exists where a certain legal practice observed the relevant actors consider it to bereality; law. knowledge as revealed by God defining and governing all human affairs. Law, in the SOCIALIST LAW religious sense, also includes codes of ethics and The official name of the legal system used in morality which are upheld and required by God. Communist States. It is based on the civil law system, INTERNATIONAL LAW with major modifications and additions from MarxistLeninist ideology. Consists of rules and principles of general application dealing with the conduct of states and of international organizations and with their relations

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SOURCES OF LAW STATUTORY LAW

NON-STATUTORY LAW

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STATUTORY LAW

NON-STATUTORY LAW

Written law set down by a legislature or other governing authority such as law. the Refers to the sources of law other than statutory executive branch of government in response to a perceived need to clarify the functioning of government, improve civil order, answer a public need, codify Its authority rests not on legislation passed by Parliament and/or or detail existing law, or for an individual or company to obtain special Administration and eventually codified, treatment. But rather tradition, custom, and especially precedent. In addition to the statutes passed by the national or state legislature, lower authorities or municipalities may also promulgate administrative regulations It is recognized by the Philippine Society as being essentially inviolable; or municipal ordinances that have the force of law. However, as customs and traditions change and evolve, the common, nonThe process of creating these administrative decrees are generally classified statutory law must change and evolve with them, and occasionally be as rulemaking. amended by statute. While these enactments are subordinate to the law of the whole state or nation, they are nonetheless a part of the body of a jurisdiction's statutory law.

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ADJUDICATION PUBLIC LAW

Criminal law | Constitutional law | Administrative law

PRIVATE LAW
Civil law | Law of obligations | Contract | Tort | Wills and Trusts

COURTS LAW
Adversarial system | Inquisitorial system | Evidence | Judiciary | Lawyers

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JURISPRUDENCE Philosophy of law, Natural law Legal positivism, Legal formalism

Legal realism, Legal interpretivism

Feminist legal theory, Law and economics Critical legal studies, Comparative law

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EXAMPLES OF STATUTORY LAWS Republic Acts Presidential Decrees Batas Pambansa Executive Orders

Ordinances

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EXAMPLES OF COMMON LAWS

Law on Eminent Domain

The Sovereign power to acquire privately-owned properties for state infrastructure projects or Interest.

Law on Variance
It is the special permit, given to a lot Owner, to violate some land-use regulations in order to satisfy the more important requirements.

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LAWS REGARDING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

PD1096
National Building Code of the Philippines (Revising RA 6541)

PD1185
Fire Code

PD 957
Condominium and Subdivision Buyers Protective Decree (RA 4726 Condominium Law)

BP 220
Standards for Economic and Socialized Housing

BP 344
Enhancing the Mobility of Disabled Persons

PD 856
Philippine Sanitation Code

PD 1067
Water Code

RA 7279
Urban Development and Housing Act

PD 772
Anti- Squatting Law (RA 8368 An Act Decriminalizing Squatting)

RA 7718
Build Operate and transfer Law

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PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY LAWS

RA 9266
The New Architecture Law (Revising RA 545 and RA 1581)

RA 544
Civil Engineering Law

RA 1378
Plumbing Law

RA 4374
Geodetic Engineering Law

RA 7920
Electrical Engineering and Electrician Law

RA 8534
Interior Design Law

RA 1308
Environmental planning Law

RA 1364
Sanitary Engineering Law

RA 4110
Airconditioning and refrigeration Engineering Law

RA 5734
Electronics and Communications Engineering Law

RA 8495
Mechanical Engineering Law

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LAWS REGARDING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

RA 386
Civil Code of the Philippines

RA 7160
Local Government Code

RA 8293
Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (Repealing RA 165, as amended / RA 166, as
amended / PD 49 / PD 285, as amended / Art. 188 & 189 of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines.)

Act 3815
Revised Penal Code

PD 1295
National Engineering Center

RA 7718
Build Operate and transfer Law

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