BAR: Most Frequently Asked Questions in Civil Law


SUBJECTS

INCLUSIVE YEARS
FREQUENCY
TOTAL

PERSONS

  1. Requirements for the validity of Marriage
1989
1990
1992
1993
1994
1996
1997
1998
1999
3
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
2
14
  1. Effects of Remarriage
1989
1990
2
1
3
  1. Property Relations between husband and wife
1989
1992
1994
1995
1998
2000
2
1
1
1
1
2
8
  1. Legal Separation (grounds and effects)
1989
1994
1996
1997
1
3
1
1
6
  1. Family Home
1989
1994
1
1
2
  1. Adoption
1989
1996
1996
2000
1
4
1
1
7
  1. Legitimacy of a child
1989
1
1
  1. Paternity and Filiation
1990
1995
1999
2
1
2
5
  1. Publication and Effectivity of Law
1990
1
1
  1. Constitutional Provision to strengthen the Family
1991
1
1
  1. Constitutional provision on the policy against Divorce
1991
1
1
  1. Rights of an unborn child
1991
2
2
  1. Marriage Settlement (requirements for validity and effects)
1991
2
2
  1. Annulment (grounds, declaration, and effects)
1991
1993
1995
1996
1997
2
3
1
1
2
9
  1. Void and Voidable Marriages (kinds and effects)
1991
1996
1999
3
1
1
5
  1. Article 8, NCC (Judicial Decisions)
1994
1
1
  1. Parental Authority
1994
1
1
  1. Juridical Capacity and Capacity to Act
1996
1
1
  1. Article 3, NCC (Ignorance of the law)
1996
1
1
  1. Renvoi doctrine
1997
1
1
  1. Prejudicial Questions
1997
3
3
  1. Distribution of Property after the dissolution of marriage
1997
2
2

23. Marriage in Articulo Mortis

1995
1
1

24. Civil law system against Common law system

1997
1
1

OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACT

  1. Contracts in general (concept, kinds, requirements for validity, and remedies)
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1996
1998
1
2
7
1
1
4
1
17
  1. Extinguishment of Obligations
1989
1992
1994
1998
2000
1
1
2
2
2
8
  1. Statute of Frauds
1989
1
1
  1. Loss of a thing due
1990
1994
2000
1
1
1
3
  1. Solidary Obligation
1992
1
1
  1. Negotiorum Gestio
1992
1
1
  1. Quasi-Contract
1993
1
1
  1. Rate of Exchange
1995
1
1
  1. Kinds of Obligations
1997
2000
1
1
2

10. Subrogation of Creditor

1993
1
1

11. Laches

2000
1
1

PROPERTY

  1. Usufruct in general, rights and obligations of the usufructuary, and extinguishment of the usufruct
1989
1995
1996
1997
1998
1
2
1
1
1
6
  1. Right of Accession
1989
1992
2000
1
1
1
3
  1. Effects of Possession (Unlawful Deprivation)
1991
1
1
  1. Builder in Good faith
1992
1999
2000
1
1
1
3
  1. Landowner in Good faith
1992
1
1
  1. Occupation
1992
1997
1
1
2
  1. Rights of Co-owners
1993
1
1
  1. Easement (concept, kinds, and effects)
1993
1995
1996
2000
1
2
2
1
6
  1. Hidden Treasure
1995
1997
2
1
3
  1. Classification of Property
1995
1997
1
1
2
  1. Ownership
1995
1
1
  1. Possessor in Good faith vs. Possessor in bad faith
1996
1
1
  1. Possession in general
1997
1
1
  1. Landowner in Bad faith
1999
1
1

15. Acquisitive Prescription

1992
1
1

SALES AND LEASE

  1. Obligations of Vendor
1989
1996
1
1
2
  1. Maceda Law
1989
1999
2000
1
1
1
3
  1. Lease in general and the rights and obligations of the lessor and lessee
1990
1993
1996
1997
1999
1
1
1
1
1
5
  1. Sub Lease (concept and effects)
1990
1994
1999
2000
1
1
1
1
4
  1. Promise to Sell
1991
1
1
  1. Rights of the real owner in sale by person not the real owner
1993
1
1
  1. Right of First Refusal
1996
1998
1
1
2
  1. Option to Purchase
1996
1
1
  1. Contract to Sell (nature and effects)
1997
1999
1
1
2
  1. Absolute Sale
1997
1
1
  1. Conditional Sale (concept, rights of the buyer, and effects of retroactivity)
1997
1999
1
2
3
  1. Recto Law
1997
1999
1
1
2
  1. Pactum Commissorium
1997
1
1
  1. Conventional Redemption
2000
1
1
  1. Contract of Sale (nature and effects)
1997
1
1
  1. Lease of Rural Land
2000
1
1
  1. Common Carrier
2000
1
1
PARTNERSHIP, AGENCY, AND TRUST
  1. Concept of Partnership
1989
1997
1
1
2
  1. Obligations of Partners
1992
1993
1
1
2
  1. Dissolution of Partnership
1995
1998
1
1
2

4. Limited and General Partnership

1994
1
1

5. Contract of Agency

2000
1
1

LAND TITLES AND DEEDS

  1. Rules concerning public auction
1991
1
1
  1. Circumstances when an owner is divested of land in tax sales
1991
1
1
  1. Effects of a forged deed
1991
1
1
  1. Process of Registration
1993
1994
1
1
2
  1. Steps and Procedure in CONSULTA
1994
1
1
  1. Reconstitution of land
1996
1
1
  1. Reconveyance of land
1997
1999
1
1
2
  1. Free Patent
1997
1
1
  1. Prescription
1990
1998
2000
1
1
1
3
  1. Notice of adverse claim and lien
1998
1
1
  1. Public Land Act
1999
2000
1
2
3

12. Torrens System

1990
1991
1994
2
1
1
4

13. Requirements for reopening or review of a decree of registration

1992
1
1

14. Co-ownership (effects)

1998
1
1

15. Reclamation

2000
1
1

CREDIT TRANSACTIONS

  1. Foreclosure of REM
1989
3
3
  1. Equitable Mortgage
1991
1
1
  1. Right of Repurchase
1991
1
1
  1. Mortgage
1992
1999
1
2
3
  1. Suretyship
1992
1
  1. Loan
1992
1
1
  1. Agency
1992
1994
1997
1999
2
1
1
2
6
  1. Depositary by force majeure
1992
1
1
  1. Trust
1993
1995
1997
1998
1
3
1
3
8
  1. Commodatum
1993
3
3
  1. Ejectment
1994
1998
1
1
2
  1. Chattel Mortgage
1994
1999
1
1
2
  1. Pledge
1994
1996
1999
1
1
1
3
  1. Antichresis
1995
1996
3
1
4
  1. Concurrence and Preference of Credit
1995
1
1
  1. Deposit
1998
1
1
  1. Equitable Redemption
1999
1
1

TORTS AND DAMAGES

  1. Quasi-delict
1990
1991
1996
1998
2
1
1
1
5
  1. Liability of the employer and the driver in case of accident
1992
2000
1
1
2
  1. Defense of diligence in the selection and supervision of employees
1997
1
1
  1. Defense of diligence of a good father of a family
1992
1
1
  1. Residual Parental liability
1993
1

WILLS AND SUCCESSION

  1. Wills in general
1989
1993
1995
1996
1998
2000
3
1
3
1
2
1
11
  1. Disinheritance
1989
1993
1999
1
1
1
3
  1. Donation (requirements for validity and effects)
1990
1991
1993
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
11
  1. Distribution of Estate
2000
1
1
  1. When is there death in Succession?
1991
2000
1
1
2
  1. Contractual Succession
1991
1
1
  1. Stipulation pour atrui
1991
1
  1. Intestate Succession
1992
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
1
6
1
2
2
3
2
17
  1. Capacity to Succeed
1993
1
1
  1. Holographic Will
1996
1997
1
1
2
  1. Successional Rights
1998
1
1
  1. Succession in general
1999
1
1
  1. Presumptive :Legitime
1999
1
  1. Preterition
1993
1999
1
2
3

CONFLICTS OF LAW

  1. Doctrine of Processual Presumptioon
1991
1
1
  1. Will by a Filipino
1990
1
1
  1. Will by a foreigner residing in the Philippines
1990
1
1
  1. Article 17, NCC
1991
1993
1
1
2
  1. Article 1700, NCC
1991
1
1
  1. Validity, performance, and consideration of contracts
1992
1
1
  1. Cocnovit (definition)
1994
1
1
  1. Borrowing Statute (definition)
1994
1
1
  1. Characterization (definition)
1994
1
1
  1. Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens (definition)
1994
1
1
  1. Long Arm Statute (definition)
1994
1
1
  1. Intrinsic Validity of Contracts
1994
1
1
  1. Capacity to Contract of foreigners
1993
1
1
  1. Capacity to Contract of Filipino
1993
1
1