CRIMINAL LAW BOOK 1

SUBJECT 1 CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE, PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE

A. SCOPE - Elements of the legal provisions and the extent of its application
regarding offenses and penalties, knowledge of the court jurisdiction, venue in
criminal cases and the admissibility of evidence which are of probative value to
the courts.
1. CRIMINAL LAW BOOK I
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Significance of the Study
1.1.2 Scope and Limitation of the Study
1.1.3 Concept of Criminal Law
1.1.4 Sources of Philippine Criminal Law
1.1.5 Characteristics of Criminal Law
1.1.6 Jurisdiction of Civil Courts over Offender
1.1.7 Persons Subject to Military Law
1.1.8 Theories in Criminal Law and their Characteristics
1.1.9 Application of its Provisions
1.2 Felonies
1.2.1 Concept of Felonies
1.2.2 Classification of Felonies
1.3 Criminal Liability
1.3.1 How Criminal Liability is Incurred
1.3.2 How to Determine Proximate Cause
1.3.3 When Death is Presumed to be Natural Consequence of Physical
Injuries Inflicted
1.3.4 Elements of Impossible Crime
1.3.5 Duty of the Courts With Regards to Excessive Penalty and for an
Act Not Covered by Law
1.4 Stages of Execution of a Felony
 1.4.1. Subjective and Objective Phase of a Felony
1.4.2. Elements of an Attempted Felony
1.4.3. Elements of a Frustrated Felony
1.4.4. Elements of a Consummated Felony
1.4.5. When Light Felonies are Punishable
1.4.6. Conspiracy and Proposal to Commit Felony
1.4.7. Grave Felonies, Less Grave Felonies and Light Felonies
1.4.8. Offenses Not Subject to the Provisions of the Revised Penal Code
1.5 Circumstances Affecting Criminal Liability
1.5.1 Justifying Circumstances
1.5.2 Exempting Circumstances
1.5.3 Aggravating Circumstances
1.5.4 Mitigating Circumstances
1.5.5 Alternative Circumstances
1.6 Persons Criminally Liable for Felonies
1.6.1 Principals
1.6.2 Accomplices
1.6.3 Accessories
1.6.4 Accessories Exempt from Criminal Liability
1.7 Penalties
1.7.1 Concept
1.7.2 Purpose
1.7.3 Theories Justifying Penalty
1.7.4 Classification of Penalties
1.7.5 Duration and Effect of Penalties
1.7.6 Application of Penalties
1.7.7 Rules for Graduating Penalties
1.7.8 Rules for the Application of Indivisible Penalties
 1.7.9 Rules for the Application of Penalties Which Contain Three Periods
1.7.10 Factors in the Imposition of Fines
1.8 Indeterminate Sentence Law
1.8.1 Purpose
1.9 Extinction of Criminal Liability
1.9.1 Total Extinction of Criminal Liability
1.9.2 Partial Extinction of Criminal Liability
1.10 Civil Liability
1.10.1 Persons Civilly Liable for Felonies
1.10.2 Damages that May be Recovered in Criminal Cases
1.10.3 What is Included in Civil Liability
1.10.4 Indemnification of Consequential Damages
1.10.5 Extinction and Survival of Civil Liability
1.11 P.D. 968, as amended (Probation Law)
1.12 Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act (Republic Act 9344) and subsequent
amendments
1.13 Special Criminal Statutes, Decrees, related laws and issuances and
subsequent amendments