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THE CIVIL LAW

TRADITION INRELATION TO

PHILIPPINE LAW:an outline survey

Prof. Rubn F. Balane

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BEGINNINGS IN MYTH AND

MIST

I. A Wedding in Olympus Peleus and ThetisA. The Uninvited Guest and the Unusual Wedding

Present: Eris and the Apple of Discord

B. For the Fairest: An Impromptu Beauty Contest

and the Three Finalists Hera, Athena,

Aphrodite.

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The Wedding of Peleus and

Thetis

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BEGINNINGS IN MYTH AND

MIST

II. The Three Contestants Bribe Offers/TheJudgment of ParisHera - mastery of Europe and Asia

Athena - victory over the GreeksAphrodite - the most beautiful woman in

the world

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Hera, Athena and Aphrodite

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BEGINNINGS IN MYTH AND

MIST

III. The Consequence of Paris Choice The TrojanWar

A. The Face That Launched A Thousand ShipsB. The Ten-Year Siege and the Wooden Horse

C. The Destruction of Troy

D. Aeneas Flees the Burning CityE. Per Varios Casus: Aeneas Founds A Settlement

Around the Seven Hills

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TheTrojan

Horse

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BEGINNINGS IN MYTH AND

MIST

IV. The Trojan Settlement: A Kingdom Ruled By

Aeneas Line

A. From Ascanius to ProcaB. The King and the Usurper

C. A God Ravishes A Virgin

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BEGINNINGS IN MYTH AND

MIST

V. The Legend of Romulus and Remus

A. The Cave and the She-Wolf

B. Strife Between the Twins

VI. The Foundation of Rome:21 April 753 BC (I AUC)

VII. Predictions of Roman Grandeur:

The Importance of Myth

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ROME: FROM MYTH TO

HISTORYI. Succession of Kings From Romulus toTarquinius Superbus

II. Legends of the Fall: A Rape Topples a

MonarchyIII. Le Sette Colline di Roma

A. Palatine PalatinusB. Capitoline Capitolinus

C. Aventine AventinusD. Esquiline EsquilinusE. Caelian CaeliusF. Viminal ViminalisG. Quirinal Quirinalis

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A Map ofthe Seven

Hills of

Rome

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ROME: FROM MYTH TO

HISTORYIV. The Settlers of Italy

V. Primitive Roman Society

A. Patricians and Plebeians

B. The Assemblies1. Comitia curiata2. Comitia centuriata3. Comitia tributa

C. The Republic and the Dual Society

1. Consuls and Tribunus Plebis2. Senatus consulta vs. plebiscita

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ROME: FROM MYTH TO

HISTORY

VI. Consolidation: Tribune Terentilius and the

Decemviri

VII. Leges Duodecim Tabularum 450 BC

-The Beginning of Roman Law

-The Birth of the Civil Law Tradition

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ROME: FROM MYTH TO

HISTORYVIII. Expansion of Rome: From Republic to Empire

to World State.

1. The Punic Wars 264-146 BC

2. The First Triumvirate: Caesar, Pompey,Crassus 61BC

3. Alea Iacta Est: Caesar Crosses the Rubicon 49 BC

4. A City in Collision with Itself: Pharsalus 48BC

5. Dictator for Life: A Month is Renamed 44BC

6. Even at the base ofPompeys statue :The Ides of March, 44 BC

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ROME: FROM MYTH TO

HISTORYVIII. Expansion of Rome: From Republic to Empire

to World State.

7. The Plains of Philippi (42 BC) and theSecond Triumvirate: Antony, Octavian, Lepidus

8. Age cannot wither her... The Serpent ofthe Nile

9. A Queen Turns Tail: Actium 31 BC

10. Octavian Becomes Augustus: Another MonthRenamed11. The Twelve Caesars

12. The Five Good Emperors: 96 AD - 180 AD

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Augustu

s

Caesar

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ROME: FROM MYTH TO

HISTORY

IX. The Slow Decline: From Commodus to

Diocletian (180-305 AD) / Constantine

1. Joint Emperors: The Tetrarchy

2. Constantine: In Hoc Signo Vinces The

Battle of the Mulvian Bridge (323 AD)

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ROME: FROM MYTH TO

HISTORY

X. The Jurisprudentes

A. 1. Scaevola

2. Gaius

3. Papinian

4. Ulpian

5. Paul

6. Modestinus

B. Valentinians Law of Citations

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ROME: FROM MYTH TO

HISTORYXI. The Fall

A. The Barbarians From Trickle toFlood: The Empire Is OverrunB. Fall of Rome: Romulus Augustulus (476 AD)

XII. Resurgence and Recovery: Justinian

A. TribonianB. The Great Work of Codification:

Corpus Juris Civilis

1. Digesta 533 AD2. Institutiones 533 AD3. Codex 534 AD4. Novellae 534-543 AD

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AFTER THE FALL

I. SPAIN

A. Visigothic Spain

1. Euric 466 - 484

2. Alaric II 484 - 507

3. The Laws of Euric and the

Breviary of Alaric: A DualSociety Dj vu.

4. Consolidation and

Stabilization: The Fuero

Juzgo (ca. 690 AD)

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AFTER THE FALL

B. Moorish Spain

1. Tarik and the Rock (711 AD): Islam Triumphant

2. The Reconquista: A Slow, Piecemeal Recovery

3. The Birth of the Fueros

a. Fuero Viejo

b. Alfonso El Sabio, the Fuero Real, and the

Libro de las Leyes

c. Siete Partidas (1347)

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AFTER THE FALL

C. A United Christian Spain

1. A Wedding at Valladolid: Fernando and Isabel2. The Cross Redux: Granada Falls (1492)

a. Santa Fe and the Siegeb. The Tears of Boabdil: Weep like a woman

El Ultimo Suspiro del Moro

3. Castilla Todo Lo Arriesga: Cristoforo Colombo,

Fernao de Magalhaes, and the Journeys Beyondthe Setting of the Sun

4. The Mad Queen: Juana la Loca

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The

Mad

Queen

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AFTER THE FALL

D. Europe Rediscovers Classical Roman Law: TheRevival and the Reception

1. The Florentina: Western Europe Finds the Digest

2. The Rise of the Universities and the Revival

3. The Glossators: Irnerius and the School of Bologna

4. The Commentators: Bartolus and the School of

PerugiaNemo jurista nisi sit Bartolista.

5. The Reception: From the Universities to the Courts

and the Marketplace

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AFTER THE FALL

E. Growth of Spanish Law

a. Las Leyes de Toro (1505)

b. Extension of the Siete Partidas to the Colonies

(1530)

c. La Nueva Recopilacin (1567)

d. Recopilacin de las Indias (1661)

e. La Novsima Recopilacin (1805)

F. From Habsburg to Bourbon (1700)

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AFTER THE FALL

II. FRANCE

A. Twilight for the

Gods: Louis XVI and

Marie Antoinette

B. To the Bastille: Sire, est UneRevolution 14 July 1789

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MarieAntoinette

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NapoleonBonaparte

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AFTER THE FALL

III. BACK TO SPAIN

A. The Call for Codification and the Comisin

Codificadora

B. The Queen Regent Issues An Edict: Real

Decreto of 6 October 1888 Ordaining Publication of

the Cdigo Civil.

C. The Cdigo Civil Takes Effect 24 July 1889

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Queen

Isabella IIof Spain

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AFTER THE FALL

III. IN THE PHILIPPINES

A. Extension of the Cdigo Civil to the Colonies

Real Decreto of 31 July 1889

B. The Cdigo Civil Takes Effect in the Philippines

7/8 December 1889.

THE REPUBLIC OF THE

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THE REPUBLIC OF THE

PHILIPPINES

I. From the Lion of Castile to the American Eagle:

The Philippines Changes Hands

II. The Colony Becomes a Republic, 4 July 1946

III. Executive Order No. 48 and the Project of

Codification

THE REPUBLIC OF THE

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THE REPUBLIC OF THE

PHILIPPINES

IV. RA 386, 18 June 1949 The Civil Code of the

Philippines.

Effectivity Date 30 August 1950

V. The Spanish Code and the Philippine Code: A

Comparison.

VI. The Family Code of 1988.

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