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CONFLICT OF LAWS
nd
2 Semester, AY 2017-2018
A. Classroom Rules:
1. Attendance will be checked at the beginning of every meeting.
2. Recitation will be conducted every meeting. Students are expected, therefore,
to come to class prepared and to have read the materials scheduled to be
covered during the meeting. When a student is reciting, the rest of the class is
expected to listen to him. Students are encouraged to participate in the
discussion by asking questions.
3. A student who is called to recite is expected to close his book during his
recitation.
4. Electronic gadgets are not prohibited during class hours. A student is
expected, however, to turn off his mobile phone or to put it on silent mode as
soon as he steps into the classroom. If the student expects a call during the
meeting, he can take the call by discretely leaving the classroom. Laptops,
tablets, and other similar electronic devices, are not, likewise, prohibited but
the students who are called to recite should close these electronic devices for
the duration of their recitation. The same rule applies to mobile phones that
serve as data storage.
5. Any student may discretely leave the classroom if and when absolutely
necessary. When a student is not in the classroom when called for recitation,
he will be given a grade of 5.0 or its equivalent.
B. Grading System:
Recitation - 15
Quiz - 15
Mid-Term Exam - 30
Final Exam - 40
C. Reference/s:
OUTLINE PROPER
I. INTRODUCTION
a. Generally
i. Agreement by parties
ii. Applicable foreign law
i. Substance v. procedural
ii. renvoi doctrine
iii. center of gravity
iv. lex fori
v. grouping of contacts
vi. place of most significant relations
a. Citizenship
i. Definition
ii. Kinds
b. Domicile
i. Definition
ii. Kinds
Ong v. Republic, 19 SCRA 966 (1967)
Romualdez-Marcos v. Comelec, 248 SCRA 300
Simon v. Commission on Human Rights, 229 SCRA 17 (1994)
Alcantara v. Secretary of Interior, 61 Phil 460
Romualdez v RTC, 226 SCRA 408
Macalintal v. Comelec, GR No. 157013, July 10, 2003
Domino v. Comelec, 310 SCRA 546 (1999)
Jao v. CA, 382 SCRA 407 (2002)
V. CONTRACT
a. Generally
b. Extrinsic validity of wills
c. Probate of Wills
VII. PROPERTY
IX. MARRIAGE
a. Definition
b. Validity of Marriage
c. Consequences of Marriage
d. Marriage Settlements
e. Foreign Marriage
X. ADOPTION
a. Definition
b. Foreign Adoption
c. Jurisdiction of the court
d. Laws on adoption
e. Effects of adoption
f. Domestic Adoption RA.
a. Divorce
i. Jurisdiction
ii. Rule on annulment of marriage
iii. Void marriages
iv. Psychological incapacity
c. Legal separation
b. Patents
i. Rights of foreigners
ii. Compulsory licensing
d. Copyright
i. definition
ii. term of protection
iii. remedy for infringement
iv. Berne convention
v. Reciprocity and international conventions
a. Jurisdiction
i. Jurisdiction
ii. jurisdiction over action under Warsaw Convention
iii. Assumption of jurisdiction
iv. Actions in rem and quasi in rem, where defendant is non-
resident
i. Definition
ii. Discretion of trial court
c. Venue
i. Liber Suits
ii. Venue of actions against non-residents
iii. Choice of forum to file action
d. Summons
i. Definition
ii. Service of Summons
iii. How service of summons effected
iv. Personal service of summons in personal actions
v. Substituted service
vi. Service upon residents temporarily abroad
vii. Service upon prisoners, minors, incompetents
viii. Service upon unknown defendant
ix. Extraterritorial service
x. Summon in action for annulment of marriage
xi. Where action in rem becomes in personam
xii. Service by leave of court
xiii. Service upon non-juridical entity
xiv. Service upon domestic private entities or corporations
xv. Service upon persons other than any of those enumerated
invalid
xvi. Service upon foreign entities
xvii. Summons is procedural matter governed by law of the
forum
xviii. Agent upon whom service of summons may be made
xix. Service upon public corporations
xx. Voluntary appearance
XV. ARBITRATION
a. Arbitration
a. Generally
a. Generally
i. Extradition
ii. Money Laudnering
iii. Secrecy of Bank Deposits
iv. Immunity of state from suit
v. Immunity of specialized agencies and their officials