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Introduction to Law and Human Rights Term I SY 2012-13

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I. DOMESTIC LAW A. PRIVATE 1. CIVIL LAW 1.1. Human Relations 1.2. PERSONS 1.3. Absence 1.4. Emancipation and Age of Majority 1.5. Civil Register

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FAMILY LAW

2.1. Marriage 2.2. Paternity and Filiation 2.3. Support 2.4. Parental Authority 2.5. Adoption 2.6. Surnames 2.7. Care and Education of Children (Child and Youth Welfare Code)

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PROPERTY LAW 3.1. Ownership 3.2. Accession 3.3. Quieting of Title 3.4. Co-Ownership & Possession 3.6. Usufruct 3.7. Easements 3.8. Nuisance 3.9. Waters 3.10. Minerals 3.11. Trade Marks and Trade Names

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3.12. a. b. c. d.

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Modes of Acquiring Ownership Occupation Intellectual Creation Donation Succession Testamentary Legal or Intestate Prescription

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CONTRACT LAW 4.1. Law on Obligations 4.2. Law on Contracts 4.3. Natural Obligations 4.4. Estoppel 4.5. Trusts 4.6. Sales (Includes Obligations of the Vendor and Vendee and Warranties) 4.7. Lease

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5. COMMERCIAL / MERCANTILE LAW 6. LABOR LAW 7. Common Carriers 8. Partnership 9. Agency 10.Loan & Deposit 10. Insurance & Guaranty 11. Pledge and Mortgage 12. Extra Contractual Obligations 13. Quasi Delicts and Damages

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B.

PUBLIC LAW
1. POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 1.1. ELECTION LAW 1.2. LAW ON PUBLIC OFFICERS 1.3. LAW ON LOCAL GOVTS 1.4. ADMINISATIVE LAW

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CRIMINAL LAW

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II.

INTERNATIONAL LAW

International law is the set of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and nations. It serves as the indispensable framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations. International law differs from national legal systems in that it only concerns nations rather than private citizens. National law may become international law when treaties delegate national jurisdiction to supranational tribunals such as the European Court of Human Rights or the International Criminal Court. Treaties such as the Geneva Conventions may require national law to conform.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law

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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational co-operations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond domestic legal interpretation and enforcement. Public international law has increased in use and importance vastly over the twentieth century, due to the increase in global trade, environmental deterioration on a worldwide scale, awareness of human rights violations, rapid and vast increases in international transportation and a boom in global communications.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_international_law

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW International human rights law refers to the body of international law designed to promote and protect human rights at the international, regional and domestic levels. As a form of international law, international human rights law is primarily made up of treaties, agreements between states intended to have binding legal effect between the parties that have agreed to them; and customary international law, rules of law derived from the consistent conduct of states acting out of the belief that the law required them to act that way. Other international human rights instruments while not legally binding contribute to the implementation, understanding and development of international human rights law and have been recognised as a source of political obligation.

INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

International humanitarian law is a set of rules which seek, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects persons who are not or are no longer participating in the hostilities and restricts the means and methods of warfare. International humanitarian law is also known as the law of war or the law of armed conflict. International humanitarian law is part of international law, which is the body of rules governing relations between States. International law is contained in agreements between States treaties or conventions , in customary rules, which consist of State practise considered by them as legally binding, and in general principles.

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International humanitarian law applies to armed conflicts. It does not regulate whether a State may actually use force; this is governed by an important, but distinct, part of international law set out in the United Nations Charter.