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Obligations

Article
1156
Obligation
1157
Sources

1158
Law

1159
Contracts
1160
Quasi
Contracts
1161
Acts or
Omission
1162
Quasi delict

General Rule
An obligation is a juridical necessity to give,
to do or not to do
Sources of obligation:
1. Law
2. Contracts
3. Quasi Contracts
4. Acts or Omission
5. Quasi Delicts
Obligations derived from law are not
presumed.
Only those expressly determined by the Civil
Code or in Special Laws are demandable
Obligations arising from contracts have the
force of law between the contracting parties
and should complied with good faith.
Obligations derived from quasi-contracts
shall be subject to the provisions of Quasi
Contracts, Extra Contractual Obligation.
(chapter 1, book 4 title 17 of CC)
While an act or omission is felonies because
it is punished by law, the criminal act shall
give rise to civil liability as it caused
damage to another.
Obligations derived from quasi delicts shall
be governed by the provisions of quasi
delicts of extra contractual obligation.
(chapter 2, title 17)

Notes

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