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Persons and Family Relations

MLW SYLLABUS CIVIL LAW: Persons and Family Relations

MLW SYLLABUS: CIVIL LAW: Persons and Family Relations Syllabus |

 
Persons and Family Relations
 
PART 1: PRELIMINARY TITLE
(Art 1-36, New Civil Code)
 
A. Effect and Application of Laws (Art 1-18, NCC)
 
1. Publication and Constructive Notice of Laws (Art 2, 3)
 
Tanada vs. Tuvera (Resolution), G.R. No. L-63915, December 29, 1986
Consunji vs. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 137873, April 20, 2001
 
2. Non-Retroactivity of Laws (Art 4)
 
*Lepanto vs. WMC, G.R. No. 162331, November 20, 2006
 
Exceptions (when laws may be given retroactive effect):
 
(i) Law expressly provides for retroactivity
 
(ii) Curative or Remedial Statutes
 
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