AGRARIAN LAW & SOCIAL LEGISLATION (PUP COLLEGE OF LAW) – ASSIGNED TOPICS AND CASES FOR OCTOBER 2, 2017

AGRARIAN LAW & SOCIAL LEGISLATION (PUP COLLEGE OF LAW) – ASSIGNED TOPICS AND CASES FOR OCTOBER 2, 2017

Issuance: DAR AO 4, S. 2009 – Rules and Regulations Implementing Sec. 19 of RA 9700 (Jurisdiction on and Referral of Agrarian Disputes)

1. Special Agrarian Courts – Sec 57, RA 6657

Cases:

1. Land Bank of the Phils. v. CA, GR 128557, Dec. 29, 1999
2. Land Bank of the Phils. v. Celada, GR 164876, Jan. 23, 2006
3. Land Bank of the Phils. v. Heirs of Eleuterio Cruz, GR 175175, Sept. 29, 2008
4. Land Bank of the Phils. v. Martinez, GR 169008, Aug. 14, 2007
5. Phil. Veterans Bank v. CA, GR 132767, Jan. 18, 2000
6. Modes of Appeal / Review from the DARAB
7. Rule 43 of the Rules of Court (1997 Rules of Civil Procedure)
8. Certiorari – Sec. 54 of RA 6657 and Rule 65 of the Rules of Court

AGRARIAN LAW & SOCIAL LEGISLATION (PUP COLLEGE OF LAW) – ASSIGNED TOPICS AND CASES FOR SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

AGRARIAN LAW & SOCIAL LEGISLATION (PUP COLLEGE OF LAW) – ASSIGNED TOPICS AND CASES FOR SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Part Nine – Mechanisms for Program Implementation

1. Presidential Agrarian Reform Council – Secs. 41, 42, 43, 49, RA 6657
2. Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee – Secs. 44 and 45, RA 6657
3. Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee – Secs. 46 to 48, RA 6657
4. Department of Agrarian Reform – EO 129-A dated July 26, 1987
5. Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) – Sec. 13, EO 129-A

Part Ten – Financing the Program

1. Funding Source per Sec. 63 of RA 6657 and Financing under Secs. 21 and 22 of EO 229 (1987)
2. RA 8532 (1998) Providing Augmentation Fund for the CARP with an Additional Amount of Fifty Billion Pesos
3. Additional Funding Source – Sec. 21 of RA 9700, amending Sec. 63 of RA 6657

Part Eleven – Agrarian Justice or the Resolution of Agrarian Disputes

1. Administrative Adjudication – Secs. 50-53 of RA 6657
2. DAR AO 3, S. 2003 – 2003 Rules on Agrarian Law Implementation [ALI] Cases
3. The 2009 DARAB Rules of Procedure

Case: Vda. de Tangub vs. CA, UDK 9864, Dec. 3, 1990

1. Award to Beneficiaries – Sec. 9 of RA 9700 amending Sec. 24 of RA 6657

Issuance: DAR AO 3, S. 2009 – Rules and Procedures Governing the Cancellation of Registered CLOAs, EPs and Other Titles Issued under Any Agrarian Reform Frogram

Case: DAR v. Cuenca, GR 154112. Sept. 23, 2004

1. Exclusive Jurisdiction on Agrarian Dispute – Sec. 19, RA 9700 amending Sec. 50-A, RA 6657

Issuance: DAR AO 4, S. 2009 – Rules and Regulations Implementing Sec. 19 of RA 9700 (Jurisdiction on and Referral of Agrarian Disputes)

1. Special Agrarian Courts – Sec 57, RA 6657

AGRARIAN LAW & SOCIAL LEGISLATION (PUP COLLEGE OF LAW) – ASSIGNED TOPICS AND CASES FOR SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

AGRARIAN LAW & SOCIAL LEGISLATION (PUP COLLEGE OF LAW) – ASSIGNED TOPICS AND CASES FOR SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Part Eight – Conversion of Agricultural Lands

1. Conversion of Lands – Sec 65, RA 6657
2. Conversion of Agricultural Lands: Difference among Exemption, Conversion and Reclassification

Cases:

1. CREBA v. Secretary of Agrarian Reform, G.R. No. 183409. June 18, 2010
2. Ros v. DAR, G.R. No. 132477. August 31, 2005
3. Land Reclassification – Sec. 20 of RA 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991

Issuances:

1. MC 54, s. 1993 from the Office of the President – Prescribing the Guidelines governing Sec. 20 of RA 7160 Authorizing Cities And Municipalities to Reclassify Agricultural Lands to Non-Agricultural Uses
2. DAR AO 1-02 – The 2002 Comprehensive Rules on Land Conversion

Case: Fortich v. Corona, GR. No. 131457, April 24, 1998 – Decision, Opinion and Resolution of the Motion for Reconsideration with the Decision of the Office of the President (OP) on the Sumilao Case

Part Nine – Mechanisms for Program Implementation

1. Presidential Agrarian Reform Council – Secs. 41, 42, 43, 49, RA 6657
2. Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee – Secs. 44 and 45, RA 6657
3. Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee – Secs. 46 to 48, RA 6657
4. Department of Agrarian Reform – EO 129-A dated July 26, 1987
5. Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB) – Sec. 13, EO 129-A
6. PARAD & RARAD

Part Ten – Financing the Program

1. Funding Source per Sec. 63 of RA 6657 and Financing under Secs. 21 and 22 of EO 229 (1987)
2. RA 8532 (1998) Providing Augmentation Fund for the CARP with an Additional Amount of Fifty Billion Pesos
3. Additional Funding Source – Sec. 21 of RA 9700, amending Sec. 63 of RA 6657

AGRARIAN LAW & SOCIAL LEGISLATION (PUP COLLEGE OF LAW) – ASSIGNED TOPICS AND CASES FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

AGRARIAN LAW & SOCIAL LEGISLATION (PUP COLLEGE OF LAW) – ASSIGNED TOPICS AND CASES FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Part Six – Land Redistribution

1. Land Redistribution per Secs. 22 to 27 of RA 6657, as amended
2. Principle of affordability to the farmers

Case: Land Bank of the Phils. v. Palmares, G.R. No. 192890, June 17, 2013

3. Indefeasibility of Titles

Case:  Estribillo v. DAR, G.R. No. 159674. June 30, 2006

Part Seven- Land Tenure Improvement

1. Determination of Lease Rentals – Sec. 12, RA 6657
2. Leasehold Relationship

Cases:

1. Caballes v. DAR, GR No. 78214, December 5, 1988
2. Gabriel v. Pangilinan, G.R. No. L-27797.  August 26, 1974
3. Gelos v. CA, G.R. No. 86186.  May 8, 1992

Issuance: AO 2, S. 2006 – Revised Rules and Procedures Governing Leasehold Implementation in Tenanted Agricultural Lands

3. Production-Sharing – Sec 32, RA 6657
4. Agribusiness Venture Arrangements (AVAs) in Agrarian Reform Areas per DAR AO 09-06

Part Eight – Conversion of Agricultural Lands

1. Conversion of Lands – Sec 65, RA 6657
2. Conversion of Agricultural Lands: Difference among Exemption, Conversion and Reclassification

Cases:

1. CREBA v. Secretary of Agrarian Reform, G.R. No. 183409. June 18, 2010
2. Ros v. DAR, G.R. No. 132477. August 31, 2005
3. Land Reclassification – Sec. 20 of RA 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991

Issuances:

1. MC 54, s. 1993 from the Office of the President – Prescribing the Guidelines governing Sec. 20 of RA 7160 Authorizing Cities And Municipalities to Reclassify Agricultural Lands to Non-Agricultural Uses
2. DAR AO 1-02 – The 2002 Comprehensive Rules on Land Conversion

Case: Fortich v. Corona, GR. No. 131457, April 24, 1998 – Decision, Opinion and Resolution of the Motion for Reconsideration with the Decision of the Office of the President (OP) on the Sumilao Case