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UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST

MANILA

Course Code ALM 1102


Course Title Business Law (Obligations and Contracts )
Course Credits Three (3) Units
Pre-requisite: None
Course The purpose of this course is to study the nature, kinds and effect of obligations, and their extinguishment; contracts in
Description general, their requisites, form and interpretation; and defective contracts, including quasi-contracts, natural obligations,
estoppel, and prescription. Specific subjects and topics on Part I: Obligations include its elements, natural obligations, and
sources of obligation, classification, natural effects, Usurious transactions, kinds of obligations and extinguishment of
obligations. For Part II: contracts, topics include Concept and definition, classification, characteristics, requisites, forms and
interpretation of contracts and reformation of instruments . Specific examples of obligations and contracts are to be
presented, examined and discussed in the class.
Course Outcomes :
Upon completion of the course , the learner will be able to :
1. Identify the nature, kinds and effects of obligations and their extinguishment.
2. Explain contracts in general, their requisites, form, interpretation and defective contracts, including quasi -contracts, natural obligations ,
estoppel and prescription.
3. Illustrate defective contracts including quasi-contracts , natural obligations , estoppel and prescription.

Course Contents :
Prelim
Week Hours Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching- Assessment
Learning Activities
First 3 Discuss the General Provisions Title I Obligations Lecture Quiz
Week Hours of the Civil Code on Obligations, Chapter 1 General Provisions Recitation
as well as the Nature and Effect Chapter 2 Nature and Effect of
of obligations. Obligations
Second 3 Distinguish the different kinds of Chapter 3 Different Kinds of Lecture Quiz
Week Hours obligations. Obligations Recitation
• Pure and Conditional
Obligations
• Obligations with a
Period
• Alternative Obligations
• Joint and Solidary
Obligations

Third 3 Recall the different kinds of • Divisible and Indivisible Lecture Quiz
Week Hours obligations and continue the Obligations Recitation
discussion of other types of • Obligations with a Penal
obligations. Clause
Chapter 4 Extinguishment of
Explain the different modes in Obligations
extinguishing obligations. • General Provisions
• Payment or
Performance
- Application of
Payment
- Payment by Cession
-Tender of payment and
Consignation
• Loss of the Thing Due
• Condonation or
Remission of the Debt
• Confusion or Merger of
Rights
• Compensation
• Novation
Fourth 3 Define a contract. Title II Contracts Lecture Quiz
Week Hours Explain the General Provisions Chapter I General Provisions Recitation
of the Civil Code on Contracts. Chapter 2 Essential Requisites
Identify the essential requisites of Contracts
of contract.

Fifth 3 Examine the general provisions • General Provisions Lecture Quiz


Week Hours of the Civil code on consent, • Consent Recitation
object of contracts and cause of • Object of Contracts
contracts. • Cause of Contracts
Sixth 3 Students should take the Preliminary Examinations Students should Quiz
Week Hours Preliminary Exam on time and take the Prelim
as scheduled. Exam on time and
as scheduled
Midterm
Seventh 3 Classify contracts. Chapter 3 Form of Contracts Lecture Quiz
Week Hours Recitation
Eight 3 Explain the different ways to Chapter 4 Reformation of Lecture Quiz
Week Hours reform instruments . Instruments Recitation

Ninth 3 Discuss the rules to interpret Chapter 5 Interpretation of Lecture Quiz


Week Hours contracts. Contracts Recitation
Tenth 3 Differentiate Rescissible Chapter 6 Rescissible Lecture Quiz
Week Hours Contracts from Voidable Contracts Recitation
Contracts Chapter 7 Voidable Contracts

Eleventh 3 Compare Unenforceable from Chapter 8 Unenforceable Lecture Quiz


Week Hours Inexistent Contracts . Contracts Recitation
Chapter 9 Void or Inexistent
Contracts
Twelfth 3 Students should take the Midterm Examinations Students should
week Hours midterm exams on time and as take the Midterm
scheduled . exam on time and
as scheduled
Finals
Thirteent 3 Give example of natural Title III Natural Obligations Lecture Quiz
h Week Hours obligations. • Reasons For the Recitation
Provisions on Natural
Obligations
• Distinction Between
Civil and Natural
Obligations
• Voluntary Fulfilment
• Prescription of Actions
• Voluntary
Reimbursement
• Payment of Decedents’
Death
• Payment of a Legacy
Fourteen 3 Distinguish extra-contractual Title XVII Extra –Contractual Lecture Quiz
th Week Hours obligations from ordinary Obligations Recitation
obligations. Chapter I Quasi- Contracts
• Negotiorum Gestio
• Solution Indebiti
• Other Quasi- Contracts

Fifteenth 3 Give examples of quasi-delicts Chapter 2 Quasi- Delicts Lecture Quiz


Week Hours Recitation
Sixteenth 3 Differentiate different kinds of Title XVIII Damages Lecture Quiz
Week Hours damages. Chapter I General Provisions Recitation
Chapter 2 Actual or
Compensatory Damages

Seventee 3 Dramatize different kinds of Chapter 3 Other kinds of Lecture Quiz


nth Week Hours damages. Damages Recitation
• Moral Damages
• Nominal Damages
• Temperate or Moderate
Damages
• Liquidated Damages
• Exemplary or Corrective
Damages

Eighteent 3 Students should take the final Final Examinations Students should Quiz
h Week Hours examination on time and as take the Final
scheduled. Examination on
time and as
scheduled to
avoid getting LFR
grade
References :

Agpalo, R. (2018). Obligations and Contracts, Rex Bookstore, Philippines.


De Leon, Hector (2018).Obligations and Contracts, Rex Bookstore, Philippines.
Paras, Edgardo L. (2018). Obligations and Contracts . Rex Bookstore, Philippines.

Prepared By:

Prof. Ana Janet M. Pinlac


Faculty (Department of Social Sciences; Cluster of Political Science and Legal Management)
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science; CPE; CECE
Bachelor of Laws
Master in Public Administration Major in Human Resource Management
Doctor of Education Major in Educational Administration and Leadership
Approved By:

Prof. Percival S. Gabriel Prof. Rene S. Salvania Dr. Justina M. Evangelista


Chair, Department of Social Sciences Associate Dean, CAS-UE Manila Dean, CAS-UE Manila

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