Political Law e.

De Facto Officers
f. Eligibility and Qualification Requirements
Topics g. Immunity of Public Officers
h. The Civil Service
I. Bill of Rights i. Term Limits
a. Freedom of Expression j. Disabilities and Inhibitions of Public
b. Rights of the Accused Officers
c. Searches and Seizures k. General Principles
d. Due Process - None Deprivation of Life, l. Rights of Public Officers
Liberty and Property m. Termination of Official Relation
e. Fundamental Powers of the State (Police
Power, Eminent Domain, Taxation) IV. Local Government
f. Freedom of Religion a. Powers of Local Government Units
g. Equal Protection b. Municipal Corporations
h. Rights of a Suspect c. Principles of Local Autonomy
i. Self-incrimination clause d. Public Corporations
j. Double Jeopardy
k. Right of Association V. Legislative Department
l. Eminent Domain a. Powers of Congress
m. Privacy of Communications and b. Who May Exercise Legislative Power
Correspondences c. Houses of Congress
n. Right to information d. Legislative Privileges, Inhibitions and
o. Ex Post Facto Laws and Bills of Attainder Disqualifications
p. Liberty of Abode and Freedom of e. Electoral Tribunals and the Commission
Movement on Appointments
q. Writs of Amparo, Habeas Data and f. Quorum and Voting Majorities
Kalikasan
r. Excessive Fines and Cruel and VI. Judicial Department
Inhumane Punishments a. Concepts
s. Writ of Habeas Corpus b. Supreme Court
t. Involuntary Servitude c. Safeguards of Judicial Independence
d. Judicial Restraint
II. Public International Law e. Appointments to the Judiciary
a. Law of the Sea f. Judicial Privilege
b. International Humanitarian and Neutrality
c. Diplomatic and Consular Law VII. General Considerations
d. Concepts a. General Principles and State Policies
e. Jurisdiction of States b. State Immunity
f. Sources of International Law c. National Territory
g. Treaties d. Separation of Powers
h. Treatment of Aliens e. Forms of Government
i. International and National Law f. Checks and Balances
j. State Responsibility g. Delegation of Powers
k. Subjects
l. International Human Rights Law VIII. Executive Department
m. Nationality and Statelessness a. Powers
b. Privileges, Inhibitions and
III. Law on Public Officers Disqualifications
a. Accountability
b. Modes and Kinds of Appointment IX. Citizenship
c. Liabilities of Public Officers a. Who are Filipino Citizens?
d. Powers and Duties of Public Officers b. Natural-born Citizens and Public Office
 c. Naturalization and Denaturalization XVI. Social Justice and Human Rights
d. Dual Citizenship and Dual Allegiance a. Commission on Human Rights
e. Loss and Re-acquisition of Philippine
Citizenship
f. Modes of Acquiring Citizenship

X. Election Law
a. Candidacy
b. Remedies and Jurisdiction in Election
Law
c. Registration of Voters
d. Inclusion and Exclusion Proceedings

XI. Constitutional Commissions

a. Jurisdiction
b. Constitutional Safeguards to Ensure
Independence of Commissions
c. Powers and Functions of Each
Constitutional Commission
d. Prohibited Offices and Interest

XII. Administrative Law

a. Powers of Administrative Agencies
b. Judicial Recourse and Review
c. Administrative Agencies
d. General Principles

XIII. National Economy and Patrimony

a. Exploration, Development and Utilization
of Natural Resources
b. Acquisition, Ownership and Transfer of
Public and Private Lands
c. Nationality and Citizenship Requirement
Provisions
d. Monopolies, Restraint of Trade and
Unfair Competition
e. Regalian Doctrine
f. Organization and Regulation of
Corporations, Private and Public
g. Franchises, Authority and Certificates for
Public Utilities

XIV. Philippine Constitution

a. Amendments and Revisions
b. Constitution: Definition, Nature and
Concepts
c. General Provisions

XV. Education, Science, Technology, Arts,

Culture and Sports
a. Academic Freedom
Labor Law a. SSS Law
b. GSIS Law
Topics c. Limited Portability Law
d. Employees Compensation
I. Labor Relations
a. Right to Self-Organization VII. Management Prerogative
b. Right to Peaceful Concerted Activities a. Grant of Bonus
c. Right to Collective Bargaining b. Change on Working Hours
c. Rules on Marriage Between Employees
II. Termination of Employment of Competitor-employers
a. Employer-Employee Relationship d. Discipline
b. Dismissal from Employment e. Transfer of Employees
c. Reliefs from Illegal Dismissal f. Productivity Standard
d. Constructive Dismissal g. Post-Employment Ban
e. Preventive Suspension
VIII. Fundamental Principles and Policies
III. Labor Standards a. Constitutional Provisions
a. Hours of Work b. Labor Code
b. Wages
c. Leaves
d. Separation Pay
e. Employment of Minors
f. Retirement Pay
g. Househelpers
h. Holiday Pay/ Premium Pay
i. Women Workers
j. Apprentices and Learners
k. Thirteenth-Month Pay
l. Persons with Disability
m. Service Charge
n. Employment of Homeworkers
o. Rest Periods

IV. Procedure and Jurisdiction

a. Labor Arbiter
b. National Labor Relations Commission
c. Grievance Machinery and Voluntary
Arbitration
d. DOLE Regional Directors
e. Prescription of Actions
f. DOLE Secretary
g. National Conciliation and Mediation
Board
h. Bureau of Labor Relations - Med-Arbiters
i. Court of Appeals

V. Recruitment and Placement

a. Recruitment of Local and Migrant
Workers
b. Regulation and Enforcement

VI. Social Welfare Legislation

Civil Code b. Formation of Contract of Sale
c. Extinguishment of Obligation/Sale
Topic d. Performance of Contract
e. The Condominium Act/Recto Law/
I. Persons Maceda Law RA 4726
a. Marriage f. Obligation of the Seller to Transfer
b. Property Relations of the Spouses Ownership
c. Paternity and Filiation g. The Subdivisions and Condominium
d. Adoption Buyers Protective Decree
e. Parental Authority h. Transfer of Ownership
f. Persons and Personality i. Warranties
g. Legal Separation j. Breach of Contract
h. Support k. Parties to a Contract of Sale
i. Use of Surnames l. Price
j. Rights and Obligations Between
Husband and Wife VI. Contracts
k. Absence a. Defective Contracts
l. Civil Registrar b. Effect of Contracts
m. The Family c. Essential Requisites
d. Formality
II. Property e. Kinds of Contracts
a. Modes of Acquiring Ownership
b. Ownership VII. General Principles
c. Possession a. Effect and Application of Laws
d. Easements b. Human Relations
e. Co-ownership
f. Classification VIII. Credit Transactions
g. Nuisance a. Loan
h. Accession b. Pledge
i. Quieting of Title c. Real Mortgage
j. Usufruct d. Guaranty and Suretyship
e. Quasi-contracts
III. Wills and Succession f. Deposit
a. Testamentary Succession g. Antichresis
b. Legal or Intestate Succession h. Concurrence and Preference of Credits
c. General Provisions
d. Provisions Common to Testate and IX. Torts and Damages
Intestate Succession a. Torts
b. Damages
IV. Obligations
a. Extinguishment of Obligations X. Land Titles and Deeds
b. Nature and Effects of Obligations a. Torrens System
c. Classification of Obligations b. Dealings with unregistered Land
d. Joint and Solidary Obligations c. Original Registration
e. Kinds of Civil Obligation d. Non-Registrable Properties - Property of
f. Elements of an Obligation Public Dominion
g. Sources of Obligations
h. Different Kinds of Prestations XI. Lease
a. Rights and Obligations of Lessor and
V. Sales Lessee
a. Definition and Essential Requisites of a b. Lease of Things
Contract of Sale c. Lease of Rural and Urban Lands
XII. Partnership
a. Limited Partnership
b. Contract of Partnership
c. Dissolution
d. Rights and Obligations of Partnership
e. Rights and Obligations of Partners
Among Themselves

XIII. Prescription

XIV. Agency
a. Definition of Agency
b. Rights and Obligation of Principal
c. Modes of Extinguishment
d. Agency Requiring Special Powers of
Attorney

XV. Compromise and Arbitration

a. Effect
b. Definition
Taxation Law

Topic

I. National Internal Revenue Code

a. Income Taxation
b. Tax Remedies Under the NIRC
c. Value Added Tax
d. Estate Tax
e. Donors Tax
f. Organization and Function of the Bureau
of Internal Revenue

II. Local Government Code of 1991

a. Local Government Taxation
b. Real Property Taxation

III. General Principles of Taxation

a. Doctrines in Taxation
b. Scope and Limitation of Taxation
c. Stages of Taxation
d. Nature of Taxation
e. Theory and Basis of Taxation
f. Kinds of Taxes
g. Tax as Distinguished from Other Forms
or Exactions
h. Principles of Sound Tax System
i. Characteristics of Taxation

IV. Tariff and Customs Code of 1978

a. Remedies
b. Classification of Goods
c. Requirements of Importation
d. Importation in Violation of Tax Credit
Certificate
e. Classification of Duties
f. Flexible Tariff Clause

V. Judicial Remedies
a. Jurisdiction of the Court of Tax Appeals
b. Judicial Procedures
c. Taxpayers Suit Impugning the Validity of
Tax Measures or Acts of Taxing
Authorities
Criminal Law

Topic

I. Book II and Specifically Included Special

Laws
a. Crime Against Property
b. Crime Against Persons
c. Crimes Committed by Public Officers
d. Crimes Against Public Order
e. Crimes Against Personal Liberty and
Security
f. Crimes Against Public Interest
g. Crimes Against Honor
h. Crimes Against Chastity
i. Crimes Against National Security
j. Crimes Against Civil Status
k. Criminal Negligence
l. Crimes Against the Fundamental Laws of
the State
m. Crimes Relative to Opium and Other
Prohibited Drugs

II. Book I
a. Circumstances Affecting Criminal
Liability
b. Felonies
c. Penalties
d. Modification and Extinction of Criminal
Liability
e. Persons Criminally Liable/Degree of
Participation
f. Fundamental Principles
Mercantile Law c. Safety of Passengers
d. Vigilance Over Goods
Topic e. Bill of Lading
f. The Warsaw Convention
I. The Corporation Code
a. Board of Directors and Trustees VI. Banking Laws
b. Incorporation and Organization a. General Banking Law of 2000
c. Corporate Powers b. Law on Secrecy of Bank Deposits
d. Capital Structure c. The New Central Bank Act
e. Stockholders and Members
f. Corporate Juridical Personality VII. Intellectual Property Code
g. Corporation a. Copyright
h. Dissolution and Liquidation b. Trademarks
i. Nationality of Corporations c. Patent
j. Classes of Corporations d. Intellectual Property Rights in General
k. Other Corporations
VIII.Securities Regulation Code
II. Negotiable Instruments Law a. Prohibitions on Fraud, Manipulation and
a. Forms and Interpretation Insider Trading
b. Signature b. Securities Required to be Registered
c. Rights of the Holder c. Civil Liability
d. Checks d. Protection of Investors
e. Completion and Delivery
f. Negotiation IX. Trust Receipt Law
g. Consideration a. Obligation of Liability of the Entrustee
h. Liabilities of Parties b. Warehousemans Lien
i. Presentment for Payment c. Definition/Concept of a Trust Receipt
j. Notice of Dishonor Transaction
k. Acceptance d. Rights of the Entruster
l. Promissory Notes e. Remedies Available
m. Accommodation Party
n. Discharge of Negotiable Instrument X. Letters of Credit
o. Material Alteration a. Basic Principles of Letter of Credit
p. Presentment for Acceptance b. Definition and Nature of Letter of Credit

III. Insurance Law

a. Classes
b. Insurable Interest
c. Perfection of the Contract of Insurance
d. Claims Settlement and Subrogation
e. Elements of an Insurance Contract
f. Rescission of Insurance Contracts

IV. Special Laws

a. The Chattel Mortgage Law and Real
Estate Mortgage Law
b. Anti-Money Laundering Act
c. Foreign Investment Act

V. Transportation Law
a. Maritime Commerce
b. Common Carriers
Remedial Law c. Writ of Habeas Corpus
d. Writ of Amparo
Topic e. Summary Settlement of Estates
f. Letters Testamentary and of
I. Civil Procedure Administration
a. Special Civil Action g. Cancellation or Correction of Entries in
b. Pleadings the Civil Registry
c. Post-Judgment Remedies h. Settlement of Estate of Deceased
d. Provisional Remedies Persons
e. Motions i. Allowance or Disallowance of Will
f. Judgments and Final Orders j. Distribution and Partition
g. Execution, Satisfaction and Effect of k. Escheat
Judgments l. Guardianship
h. Summons m. Adoption
i. Modes of Discovery n. Writ of Habeas Data
j. Parties to Civil Actions o. Actions by and Against Executors and
k. Pre-trial Administrators
l. Demurrer to Evidence p. Change of Name
m. Venue q. Absentees
n. Dismissal of Actions r. Appeals in Special Proceedings
o. Actions
p. Cause of Action V. Jurisdiction
q. Intervention a. Jurisdiction of Courts
r. Subpoena b. Over the Subject Matter
s. Trial c. Over the Parties
d. Over the Issues
II. Criminal Procedure e. Over the Res or Property in Litigation
a. Motion to Quash f. Over Small Claims; Cases covered by
b. Bail the Rules on Summary Procedure and
c. Prosecution of Offenses Barangay Conciliation
d. Search and Seizure
e. Prosecution of Civil Action VI. General Principles
f. Trial a. Concept of Remedial Law
g. Arrest b. Substantive Law vis-a-vis Remedial Law
h. Preliminary Investigation c. Rule-Making Power of the Supreme
i. Arraignment and Plea Court
j. Judgment d. Nature of Philippine Courts
k. Pre-Trial
l. Appeal VII. Katarungang Pambarangay Law
m. Provisional Remedies a. Execution
b. Cases Covered
III. Evidence c. When Parties may Directly Go to Court
a. Testimonial Evidence
b. Documentary Evidence VIII.Rule of Procedure for Small Claims Cases
c. General Principles a. Scope and Applicability of the Rule
d. Offer and Objection b. Commencement of Small Claims Action
e. Object (Real) Evidence Response
f. Judicial Notice and Judicial Admissions c. Prohibited Pleadings and Motions
d. Finality of Judgment
IV. Special Proceedings
a. Production and Probate of Will IX. Revised Rules on Summary Procedure
b. Claims Against the Estate a. Cases covered by the Rule
 b. Effect of Failure to Answer

X. Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases

a. Scope and Applicability of the Rule
b. Civil Procedure
c. Criminal Procedure

XI. Judicial Affidavit Rule

a. Scope and where Applicable
b. Application to Criminal Actions
c. Effect of Non-Compliance
Legal Ethics

Topics

I. Legal Ethics
a. Duties and Responsibilities of a Lawyer
b. Practice of Law
c. Suspension, Disbarment and Discipline
of Lawyers
d. Canons of Professional Ethics
e. Notarial Practice
f. Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
g. Readmission to the Bar

II. Judicial Ethics

a. Sources
b. Legal Fees
c. Qualities
d. Discipline of Members of the Judiciary
e. Disqualification of Justices and Judges