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BUILDING LAWS
BUILDING LAWS

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Ignorantia Legis
Nun Excusat
Ignorance of the laws exempts no one from abiding thereto
( Article 3 of the Civil Code of the Philippines )

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LAW
The body of rules of a society that are enforceable through a system of
courts.
Laws may be created by legislatures or, in common law jurisdictions, by the
courts.
They regulate relations between individuals (private law); between individuals
and the state (public law); and between different states (international law).
The word law derives from the late Old English lagu, meaning something
laid down or fixed.
Laws vary widely between different countries and even, in some cases, within
countries.
An area in which a particular set of laws holds is called a jurisdiction.

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FOUR WAYS TO ANALYZE LAWS

LEGAL SYSTEMS
SOURCES OF LAW
ADJUDICATION
JURISPRUDENCE

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LEGAL SYSTEMS
COMMON LAW
CIVIL LAW
CUSTOMARY LAW
RELIGIOUS LAW
SOCIALIST LAW
INTERNATIONAL LAW

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COMMON LAW
Laws that are not legislated but are commonly
accepted by different nations. Judicial decisions are
CIVIL LAW
based on tradition, custom, and precedents.
Civil or civilian law is a legal tradition which is the base of
the law in the majority of countries of the world. It refers to
CUSTOMARY LAWthe area of law involving relations between private
individuals. It also is used to describe all law outside of
Custom, or customary law consists of established
the criminal law context.
patterns of behaviour that can be objectively verified
within a particular social setting. Generally, customary RELIGIOUS LAW
law exists where a certain legal practice
Law canisbeobserved
thought or
of as the ordering principle of
the relevant actors consider it to bereality;
law. knowledge as revealed by God defining
and governing all human affairs. Law, in the
SOCIALIST LAW religious
sense, also includes codes of ethics and
The official name of the legal system
used in
morality
which are upheld and required by God.
Communist States. It is based on the civil law system,
INTERNATIONAL LAW
with major modifications and additions from MarxistLeninist ideology.
Consists of rules and principles of general application
dealing with the conduct of states and of international
organizations and with their relations

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SOURCES OF LAW
STATUTORY LAW
NON-STATUTORY LAW

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NON-STATUTORY LAW

to theorsources
of law other
than statutory
Written law set down by aRefers
legislature
other governing
authority
such as law.
the
executive branch of government in response to a perceived need to clarify the
authority rests
not on
legislation
passed
by Parliament
and/or
functioning ofIts
government,
improve
civil
order, answer
a public
need, codify
Administration
and
eventually
or detail existing law, or for an individual
or company to
obtain
specialcodified,
treatment.
But rather tradition, custom, and especially precedent.
In addition to the statutes passed by the national or state legislature, lower
It is recognized
by the Philippine
Society as being
essentially
inviolable;
authorities
or municipalities
may also promulgate
administrative
regulations
or municipal ordinances that have the force of law.
However, as customs and traditions change and evolve, the common, nonstatutory
law must
change
and evolve
with them,
and occasionally
be
The process
of creating
these
administrative
decrees
are generally
classified
amended by statute.
as rulemaking.
While these enactments are subordinate to the law of the whole state or
nation, they are nonetheless a part of the body of a jurisdiction's statutory
law.

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ADJUDICATION
PUBLIC LAW
Criminal law | Constitutional law | Administrative law

PRIVATE LAW
Civil law | Law of obligations | Contract | Tort | Wills and Trusts

COURTS LAW
Adversarial system | Inquisitorial system | Evidence | Judiciary | Lawyers

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JURISPRUDENCE
Philosophy of law, Natural law
Legal positivism, Legal formalism
Legal realism, Legal interpretivism
Feminist legal theory, Law and economics
Critical legal studies, Comparative law

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EXAMPLES OF STATUTORY LAWS

Republic Acts
Presidential Decrees
Batas Pambansa
Executive Orders
Ordinances

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EXAMPLES OF COMMON LAWS

Law on Eminent Domain

The Sovereign power to acquire privately-owned properties
for state infrastructure projects or Interest.

Law on Variance
It is the special permit, given to a lot Owner, to violate some land-use
regulations in order to satisfy the more important requirements.

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LAWS REGARDING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

PD1096
National Building Code of the Philippines (Revising RA 6541)

PD1185
Fire Code

PD 957
Condominium and Subdivision Buyers Protective Decree (RA 4726 Condominium Law)

BP 220
Standards for Economic and Socialized Housing

BP 344
Enhancing the Mobility of Disabled Persons

PD 856
Philippine Sanitation Code

PD 1067
Water Code

RA 7279
Urban Development and Housing Act

PD 772
Anti- Squatting Law (RA 8368 An Act Decriminalizing Squatting)

RA 7718
Build Operate and transfer Law

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PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY LAWS

RA 9266
The New Architecture Law (Revising RA 545 and RA 1581)

RA 544
Civil Engineering Law

RA 1378
Plumbing Law

RA 4374
Geodetic Engineering Law

RA 7920
Electrical Engineering and Electrician Law

RA 8534
Interior Design Law

RA 1308
Environmental planning Law

RA 1364
Sanitary Engineering Law

RA 4110
Airconditioning and refrigeration Engineering Law

RA 5734
Electronics and Communications Engineering Law

RA 8495
Mechanical Engineering Law

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LAWS REGARDING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

RA 386
Civil Code of the Philippines

RA 7160
Local Government Code

RA 8293
Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (Repealing RA 165, as amended / RA 166, as
amended / PD 49 /PD 285, as amended / Art. 188 & 189 of the Revised Penal Code of the
Philippines.)

Act 3815
Revised Penal Code

PD 1295
National Engineering Center

RA 7718
Build Operate and transfer Law

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BUILDING
BUILDING LAWS
LAWS IN
IN THE
THE PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES
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