AGRARIAN LAW AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION

Course Syllabus/Case List

AY 2018 – 2019
BY ATTY. SIGRID G. MIER

PART I. AGRARIAN LAW

Definition of Agrarian Law

History of Philippine Agrarian Law
1. Spanish Civil Code
2. Act No. 4054 – Philippine Rice Share Tenancy Act
3. Act No. 4114 – Sugar Tenancy Act
4. Commonwealth Act No. 53
5. Commonwealth Act No. 178
6. Commonwealth Act No. 271
7. Commonwealth Act No. 461
8. Commonwealth Act No. 608
9. R.A. No. 34
10. R.A. No. 1199 – Agricultural Tenancy Act of the Philippines
11. R.A. No. 2263
12. R.A. No. 3844 – Agricultural Land Reform Code
13. R.A. No. 6389 – Code of Agrarian Reform of the Philippines
14. P.D. No. 27 – Tenant Emancipation Law
15. P.D. No. 946
16. P.D. No. 1038
17. P.D. No. 251
18. P.D. No. 444
19. P.D. No. 1039
20. P.D. No. 1817
21. E.O. No. 228
22. E.O. No. 229
23. P.D. 131
24. Proclamation No. 131
25. R.A. No. 6657 – Agrarian Reform Law of 1988
26. R.A. No. 7881
27. R.A. No. 7905
28. R.A. No. 8532
29. R.A. No. 9700
(Special attention to R.A. Nos. 6657, 7881, 7905, and 9700)
History of Agrarian Reform Laws in the Philippines
Association of Small Landowners in the G.R. No. 78742
Philippines vs. Secretary of Agrarian July 14, 1989
Reform

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Constitutional provisions on Agrarian Reform
1. Article II, Section 9
2. Article II, Section 10
3. Article II, Section 21
4. Article XII, Section 1
5. Article XII, Section 3
6. Article XIII, Section 1
7. Article XIII, Section 2
8. Article XIII, Section 3
9. Article XIII, Section 4
10. Article XIII, Section 5
11. Article XIII, Section 6
12. Article XIII, Section 7
13. Article XIII, Section 8
14. Article XVIII, Section 22
Constitutionality of the Agrarian Reform Law
Association of Small Landowners in the G.R. No. 78742
Philippines vs. Secretary of Agrarian July 14, 1989
Reform
Luz Farms vs. Secretary of the Department G.R. No. 86889
of Agrarian Reform December 4, 1990

COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW OF 1988 AS AMENDED

Definitions
Agrarian reform
Agriculture
Agricultural land
G.R. No. 106593
National Housing Authority vs. Allarde 318 SCRA 22
November 16, 1999

Agrarian dispute
G.R. No. L-105586
Isidro vs. Court of Appeals 228 SCRA 503
December 13, 1993
G.R. No. 194818
Bumagat vs. Arribay
June 9, 2014

Farmer
Farmworker

Chapter II: Coverage

Section 4. Coverage

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 Alita vs. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 78517
February 27, 1989

Section 6. Retention
Constitutional Basis for Landowner’s Retention Rights
o Article XIII, Section 4
Association of Small Landowners G.R. No. 78742
in the Philippines vs. Secretary of July 14, 1989
Agrarian Reform

Rationale for grant of retention rights

Department of Agrarian Reform vs. G.R. No. 176549
Carriedo January 20, 2016

Right to Choose Retention Area

G.R. No. 132759
Daanan vs. Court of Appeals
October 5, 2005

Exemption and Retention distinguished

Daez vs. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 133507
February 17, 2000

DAR AO No. 02, Series of 2003

Section 10. Exemptions and Exclusions

Republic vs. Court of Appeals & Green G.R. No. 139592
City Estate and Development October 5, 2000
Sta. Rosa Realty Development Corp. vs. G.R. No. 112526
Court of Appeals & Amante October 12, 2001
Central Mindanao University vs.
G.R. No. 100091
Department of Agrarian Reform
October 22, 1992
Adjudication Board

Chapter V: Land Acquisition

G.R. No. 127876
Roxas & Co., Inc. vs. Court of Appeals
December 17, 1999
G.R. No. 167809
Land Bank of the Philippines vs. Dumlao
November 27, 2008
G.R. No. 191615
Cabral vs. Heirs of Adolfo
August 2, 2017

Chapter VI: Just Compensation

Concept of Just Compensation

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 Land Bank of the Philippines vs. G.R. No. 175726
Heirs of Marcos, Sr. March 22, 2017

Determination of Just Compensation and Land Valuation under CARL

o Section 17
o DAR AO No. 07, Series of 2011, Chapter 9 on Land Valuation and Landowner
Compensation

Reckoning Point of Valuation

Hacienda Luisita, Inc. vs.
G.R. No. 171101
Presidential Agrarian Reform
April 24, 2012
Council

DAR’s Authority over land valuation cases

o Article XIX of the 2009 DARAB Rules of Procedure

Procedure for Acquisition of Private Lands in case of landowner’s rejection or

failure to reply
o Section 16(d), R.A. No. 6657, as amended

Mode of Payment
Association of Small Landowners in
G.R. No. 78742
the Philippines vs. Secretary of
July 14, 1989
Agrarian Reform
Land Bank of the Philippines vs. G.R. No. 190520
Sps. Avanceña May 30, 2016

Chapter VII: Land Redistribution

Section 24. Award to Beneficiaries
Association of Small Landowners in
G.R. No. 78742
the Philippines vs. Secretary of
July 14, 1989
Agrarian Reform
G.R. No. 153456
Padua vs. Court of Appeals
March 2, 2007
Department of Agrarian Reform vs. G.R. No. 176549
Carriedo January 20, 2016
o DAR AO No. 07, Series of 2011, Section 100 -102

Hereditary Succession in Land Reform

G.R. No. 148177
Estate of Vda. De Panlilio vs. Dizon
October 18, 2007

Chapter XII: Administrative Adjudication

Two-Fold Jurisdiction of the Department of Agrarian Reform
Cabral vs. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 101974

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 July 12, 2001

2009 Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board Rules of Procedure

o http://www.lis.dar.gov.ph/documents/7053

Jurisdiction
191 SCRA 885
Vda. De Tangub vs. Court of
UDK No. 9864
Appeals
December 3, 1990
Alangilan Realty & Development
G.R. No. 180471
Corporation vs. Office of the
March 26, 2010
President
G.R. No. 162446
Concha vs. Rubio
March 29, 2010

Chapter XIII: Judicial Review

Section 54. Certiorari
Samahang Magbubukid ng G.R. No. 103953
Kapdula, Inc. vs. Court of Appeals March 25, 1999

Special Agrarian Court

Land Bank of the Philippines vs. G.R. No. 180384
Villegas March 26, 2010
Land Bank of the Philippines vs. De G.R. No. 143275
Leon September 10, 2002

THE TENANT EMANCIPATION LAW

(PD No. 27 as amended by EO No. 228)
Stages of Land Transfer
o Certificate of Land Transfer to Farmer-Beneficiary
o Emancipation patent
G.R. No. 191615
Cabral vs. Heirs of Adolfo
August 2, 2017
G.R. No. 194818
Bumagat vs. Arribay
June 9, 2014

Department of Agrarian Reform Administrative Order No. 02, Series of 2003

o Established the Department of Agrarian Reform as the Machinery for the

Acquisition and distribution of agricultural land
o Established the Land Bank of the Philippines as the financial arm of the
agrarian reform program

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