Course Outline - Agency, Trusts & Partnership (SY 2021-22)
Course Outline - Agency, Trusts & Partnership (SY 2021-22)
Course Outline - Agency, Trusts & Partnership (SY 2021-22)
Schedule
First Semester, Summer, Academic Year 2021-2022
(Sep 10 – Dec 17; 15 weeks, 3 hours/week)
Course Outline
References:
(1) Republic Act No. 386 (New Civil Code)
Agency – Title X (Articles 1868 to 1932)
Trust – Title V (Articles 1440 to 1457)
Partnership – Tile IX (Articles 1767 to 1867)
(2) Books/Comments & Annotations
Comments & Cases on Partnership, Agency & Trusts (De Leon & De Leon, 2019 ed)
Agency & Trusts, Partnership & Joint Venture (Villanueva & Villanueva, 2018 ed)
(3) Supreme Court Cases
Course requirements:
Attendance – 10%
Oral reports/recitation/quizzes - 40%
Midterms – 20%
Finals – 30%
Total: 100%
AGENCY
(Title X - Articles 1868 to 1932)
(vi) Couched in general terms; couched in specific terms – Arts. 1877 to 1880
1. Mortgage – Art. 1878(12)
2. Loan/borrow – Art. 1878(7)
3. Sell – Art. 1878(5)
4. Lease – Art. 1878(8)
5. Compromise – Art. 1878(3)
6. Other acts of strict dominion – Art. 1878(12)
B. To third parties
- Agent acting within scope of authority – Arts. 1883, 1910, 1917
- Agent acting outside scope of authority – Arts. 1900, 1911, 1916, 1917
- For crimes; for torts
4. Extinguishment of Agency
(Arts. 1919 – 1932)
(i) Revocation; agency coupled with an interest – Arts. 1873, 1919 to 1927
(ii) Withdrawal – Arts. 1919, 1928, 1929
(iii) Death; agency coupled with an interest – Arts. 1919, 1930 to 1932
(iv) Dissolution of the firm/corporation
(v) Accomplishment of the object/purpose
(vi) Expiration of the period
(vii) Civil interdiction, insanity, insolvency
TRUSTS
(Title V - Arts. 1440-1457)