Philippine civil law by topic
Civil law governs the everyday legal relationships between private persons: what you own, what you owe, what you inherit and what you can recover when someone causes you loss. Six hubs organise the Civil Code into the decisions people actually face, and each one gives the rule, the evidence it turns on and the next step.
Persons and Civil Status
Understand civil personality, citizenship and domicile, change of name, correction of birth records, absence and presumptive death, and civil registry procedure.
Property and Ownership
Review ownership and its limits, accession, co-ownership and partition, possession, usufruct, right of way and other easements, nuisance and quieting of title.
Succession and Inheritance
Learn who inherits, how legitimes and compulsory heirs work, the formal requirements of a will, intestate shares, disinheritance and extrajudicial settlement.
Obligations and Contracts
Find the rules on breach and delay, fortuitous events, the requisites of a valid contract, void and voidable contracts, rescission, sales, lease and loans.
Damages and Civil Liability
Understand negligence and quasi-delict, liability of parents and employers, abuse of rights, quasi-contracts, and how moral and exemplary damages are proved.
Barangay, Courts and Civil Remedies
Identify where a civil claim belongs, when barangay conciliation is required first, small claims thresholds, prescriptive periods and how judgments are enforced.