Philippine Laws: The Basics (Basic Philippine Laws Book 1)
Book Details
PublisherHerald Digital Law Publishing
ISBN / ASINB004LX0KSE
ISBN-13978B004LX0KS8
Sales Rank1,772,859
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This book provides a handy compilation of the following basic Philippine laws:
(1) 1987 Philippine Constitution;
(2) Civil Code;
(3) Family Code;
(4) Corporation Code;
(5) National Internal Revenue Code;
(6) Labor Code; and
(7) Revised Penal Code.
An overview of each law precedes the text of each law.
Two things inspired the publication of this book.
First, lawyers often find themselves in meetings, court hearings, or other situations where they need to make a quick check of a law. With this compilation being available in electronic book format, lawyers will have easy access to basic Philippine laws wherever they may be through their notebook computers, mobile phones, and electronic reading devices. Law students will also find this compilation useful as it includes the major laws covered by the Philippine bar examinations.
Second, we have seen Philippine laws published online and in traditional form; we were surprised with how several provisions of law, as published, differ from how they should actually read. A case in point is Presidential Decree No. 422, otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines. The Labor Code was promulgated in 1974 and has undergone major revisions since then. For example, in several online versions, including the version found at the website of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)(as last examined on January 31, 2011), Article 243 reads as follows:
ART. 243. Coverage and employees' right to self-organization. — All persons employed in commercial, industrial and agricultural enterprises and in religious, charitable, medical or educational institutions whether operating for profit or not, shall have the right to self-organizations and to form, join, or assist labor organizations of their own choosing for purposes of collective bargaining. Ambulant, intermittent and itinerant workers, self-employed people, rural workers and those without any definite employers may form labor organizations for their mutual aid and protection.
However, Article 243, as last amended by B.P. Blg. 70, should read as follows:
ART. 243. Coverage and employees' right to self-organization. — All persons employed in commercial, industrial and agricultural enterprises and in religious, charitable, medical or educational institutions whether operating for profit or not, shall have the right to self-organizations and to form, join, or assist labor organizations of their own choosing for purposes of collective bargaining. Ambulant, intermittent and itinerant workers, self-employed people, rural workers and those without any definite employers may form labor organizations for the purpose of enhancing and defending their interests and for their mutual aid and protection.
The phrase "for the purpose of enhancing and defending their interests and" is missing from several online versions.
In this compilation, we exerted effort to faithfully reproduce the law. However, for your convenience, we added appropriate notes, in italics and enclosed in parenthesis, after certain provisions to indicate that such provisions have been amended or repealed by a later law.
(1) 1987 Philippine Constitution;
(2) Civil Code;
(3) Family Code;
(4) Corporation Code;
(5) National Internal Revenue Code;
(6) Labor Code; and
(7) Revised Penal Code.
An overview of each law precedes the text of each law.
Two things inspired the publication of this book.
First, lawyers often find themselves in meetings, court hearings, or other situations where they need to make a quick check of a law. With this compilation being available in electronic book format, lawyers will have easy access to basic Philippine laws wherever they may be through their notebook computers, mobile phones, and electronic reading devices. Law students will also find this compilation useful as it includes the major laws covered by the Philippine bar examinations.
Second, we have seen Philippine laws published online and in traditional form; we were surprised with how several provisions of law, as published, differ from how they should actually read. A case in point is Presidential Decree No. 422, otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines. The Labor Code was promulgated in 1974 and has undergone major revisions since then. For example, in several online versions, including the version found at the website of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)(as last examined on January 31, 2011), Article 243 reads as follows:
ART. 243. Coverage and employees' right to self-organization. — All persons employed in commercial, industrial and agricultural enterprises and in religious, charitable, medical or educational institutions whether operating for profit or not, shall have the right to self-organizations and to form, join, or assist labor organizations of their own choosing for purposes of collective bargaining. Ambulant, intermittent and itinerant workers, self-employed people, rural workers and those without any definite employers may form labor organizations for their mutual aid and protection.
However, Article 243, as last amended by B.P. Blg. 70, should read as follows:
ART. 243. Coverage and employees' right to self-organization. — All persons employed in commercial, industrial and agricultural enterprises and in religious, charitable, medical or educational institutions whether operating for profit or not, shall have the right to self-organizations and to form, join, or assist labor organizations of their own choosing for purposes of collective bargaining. Ambulant, intermittent and itinerant workers, self-employed people, rural workers and those without any definite employers may form labor organizations for the purpose of enhancing and defending their interests and for their mutual aid and protection.
The phrase "for the purpose of enhancing and defending their interests and" is missing from several online versions.
In this compilation, we exerted effort to faithfully reproduce the law. However, for your convenience, we added appropriate notes, in italics and enclosed in parenthesis, after certain provisions to indicate that such provisions have been amended or repealed by a later law.
