DLSU-Manila : Library : Civil Law

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Pathfinder - Civil Law

Scope Note - The law of a state or nation dealing with the rights of private citizens.

Use For :

Law, Civil

Broader Term :

Narrower Terms :

Condicio juris
Conditions (Law)
Declaration of intention
Duress (Law)
Infamy (Law)
Liability (Law)
Reconciliation (Law)
Renunciation (Law)
Rescission (Law)

Related Terms :

Civil Rights Act 1964-US
Civil Rights Act 1991-US
Civil actions
Civil procedure
Martial law

Quoted from: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb

BOOKS

Texts located at the Circulation Section 3rd, floor, Main Library:

Civil law in Qing and Republican China. Edited by Kathryn Bernhardt, Philip C. C. Huang ; contributors, Mark A. Allee ... [et al.]. KNN1572 . C58 1997.
Federal rules of civil procedure with resources for study. Edited by Stephen N.Subrin ... [et al.]. KF8816. A19417 F44.
An introduction to comparative law. Konrad Zweigert, Hein Ktz ; translated fromthe German by Tony Weir. K 583 Z813 1977.
Introduction to comparative law. Konrad Zweigert and Hein Kotz ; translatedfrom the German by Tony Weir. K583 . Z813 1998.
An introduction to the comparative study of private law : readings, cases, materials. James Gordley, Arthur Taylor von Mehren. K623 . G67 2006.
Law in East and west on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Institute of Comparative Law, Waseda University = Recht in Ost und West festschrift zum 30-jahrigen Jubilaum des Instituts fur rechtsvergleichung der Waseda Universitat. Edited by Institute of Comparative Law Waseda University. K 557 L3 1988.
Philosophy and civil law. Edited by George F. McLean. K 225 A4.

Text located at the American Studies Resource Center (ASRC), 1st floor, Main Library:

The economics of law : property, contracts, and obligations. Antony W. Dnes. KF562 .D64 2005

Text located at the European Documentation Centre (EDC), 1st floor, Main Library:

Human rights in the private sphere. Andrew Clapham. KJC 5132 C54 1996.

PERIODICALS

PRINT (Andrew Gonzalez Hall Library)

ELECTRONIC (Available In and Off Campus)

J-STOR
http://www.jstor.org/

Lex Libris (Available at the Information-Reference Section and Andrew Gonzalez Hall Library)

PROQUEST Online
http://www.umi.com/pqdauto

ARTICLES

Periodicals Section, 2nd floor

A comparative analysis of the judicial procedures on psychological incapacity in Canon Law and the Civil Law. Bacareza, Hermogenes E. Ad Veritatem 7(1) : October 2007. p. 1-33.
Civil and Canon law jurisprudence on psychological incapacity as ground for declaration of nullity of marriage. Coquia, Jorge R., S.J.D. Ad Veritatem 3(1) : October 2003. p. 17-36.
Natural moral law and Philippine civil law. Lopez-Rosario, Maria Liza A. Philippiniana Sacra 43(128) : May-August 2008. p. 343-353.

Andrew Gonzalez Hall Library

Articulating the complete Philippine right to privacy in constitutional and civil law : a tribute to Chief Justice Fernando and Juctice Carpio. Tan, Oscar Franklin B. Philippine Law Journal 82(4) : June 2008. p. 78+
Civil law. Journal of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines 28(2) : 3rd-4th Quarter 2002. p. 111-140
Developments in civil law. Vitug, Jose C. The Lawyers Review 14 : Ja 31, 2000. p. 65-78

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

FOREIGN
PROQUEST DIGITAL DISSERTATIONS

American law comes to the border: Law and colonization on the U.S./Mexico divide, 1848�1890. Tirres, Allison Brownell, Ph.D., Harvard University, 2008, 282 pages; AAT 3295944
Civil law in colonial Halifax: Merchants and craftsmen, creditors and debtors. Muir, James, Ph.D., York University (Canada), 2004, 329 pages; AAT NR11604
The handmaid of the revolution: Gender equality and the law of domestic relations in Republican China, 1912�1949. Kuo, Margaret, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2003, 325 pages; AAT 3117686
Law and finance in historical perspective: Politics, bankruptcy law, and corporate governance in Brazil, 1850�2002. Musacchio, Aldo, Ph.D., Stanford University, 2005, 195 pages; AAT 3171820
Probability and conviction: Irreconcilable concepts or two sides of the same coin? A comparative analysis of the standard of proof in civil matters. Brinkmann, Christian Moritz, LL.M., McGill University (Canada), 2004, 108 pages; AAT MQ98776

INTERNET WEBSITES

GlobaLex : Philippine Legal Research
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Philippines.htm
[Retrieved August 26, 2009]

Part of Hauser Global Law School Program, New York University School of Law is the link on foreign law research where it covers the laws of different countries. Created by Milagros Santos-Ong, the Director of Library Services for the Supreme Court of the Philippines, this site provides introduction to Philippine geography, culture, language and religion. It describes the political and government structures of the country such as the executive branch, legislative department, judicial system, constitutional commissions, local governments and other government agencies. Under its legal system, it discusses the nature of the Philippine legal system and sources of law. It also includes legal research such as research of statute law and case law. Under legal profession, it provides list of law schools and bar associations and lastly the site provides legal sources such as electronic sources and Philippine legal publishers.

Law Schools
http://www.aboutlawschools.org/law/legalsystems/civillaw/
[Retrieved August 26, 2009]

This site provides a definition of Civil law or European Continental law or Romano-Germanic law. It contains links to the following: law schools in the United States, education law, law career, law areas, legal systems and law jobs.

A Primer on the Civil-Law System
http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/CivilLaw.pdf/$file/CivilLaw.pdf
[Retrieved August 26, 2009]

Written by James G. Apple, Chief, Interjudicial Affairs Office, Federal Judicial Center and Robert P. Deyling, Judicial Fellow, this primer is divided into three parts. "Part I presents the history and development of the civil-law system where it discussed the beginning of the system from Rome; medieval developments in Italy; canon law and the law merchant; intellectual developments leading to the codification process; the codification processes in France and Germany; the French code; the German code; the codes of Chile and Brazil; and the development of the role of jurists in modern systems. Part II contains discussion of the civil-law system as it exists and functions in the modern era; the public law�private law dichotomy; court structure; the legal process; civil procedure; criminal procedure; appellate procedure; legal actors: tradition and transition; legal scholar; the legislature; judges; legal education and lawyers; transition in the civil-law world. Part III contains the common law and a comparison of the civil-law and common-law systems; origins of the common-law system; and jurists in the common-law system and differences in the two systems."

Superior Court of California County of Santa Clara Self Service Center
http://www.scselfservice.org/civ/default.htm
[Retrieved August 26, 2009]

This is the self service center of Superior Court of California County of Santa Clara. It provides links to general information on questions about introduction to civil court, civil court cases, etc.

Supreme Court of the Philippines
http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/
[Retrieved August 26, 2009]

This is the website of the Supreme Court of the Philippines which provides links to the Philippine judiciary, history of the Supreme Court and a tour the Supreme Court. It also includes links to the sites of the Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan, Court of Tax Appeals, Philippine Judicial Academy, Judicial and Bar Council, Actual Program for Judicial Reform, E-Library and Judicial Reform Network.

Should you have comments or suggestions on this pathfinder, please call us at these telephone numbers, 536-0244, 524-4611 local 620 or email us through "Ask LORA".

Compiled by: Ms. Marita G. Valerio
Date: August 2009

De La Salle University - Manila