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Aemilianum College Inc.

COLLEGE OF LAW
Piot, Sorsogon City

COURSE SYLLABUS IN LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING


First Semester, School Year 2024-2025

I. LEGAL RESEARCH
A. Legal Research
1. Definition
2. Importance
3. Sources
4. Legal Research and Legal Bibliography Distinguished
5. Importance of Legal Bibliography
6. Finding Tools

B. Law
1. Definition
2. Characteristics
3. Sources
4. Effectivity of Laws
5. Classification of Laws
5.1 Natural Law
i. Physical Law
ii. Moral Law
iii. Divine Law
5.2. Positive Law
i. Public Law
ii. Private Law

C. Statutes
1. Definition
2. Classes
2.1 Constitution
2.2 Treaties and International Agreements
2.3 Legislative Enactments
2.3.1 Parts of a Statute
2.3.2 Hodge-Podge Legislation
2.4 Administrative Rules and Regulations
2.5 Ordinances enacted by the Autonomous Regions
2.6 Ordinances enacted by Local Government Units

D. When a Bill Becomes a Law


E. Civil Law vs. Common Law System
F. Case Law
1. Definition of Case Law
2. Classes of Case Law
2.1 Decisions Proper
2.2 Subordinate Decisions

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3. Decision Defined
4. Parts of a Decision
5. Effect of Supreme Court Decision
6. Res Judicata
7. Law of the Case
8. Stare Decisis
9. Decisions of the Court of Appeals

G. Legal Authority
1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Mandatory
4. Persuasive

H. Fundamental Research Skills


1. Case Briefing
2. Synthesizing the case

I. Legal Citations

II. LEGAL WRITING

A. CONCEPTS

1. Scope of Legal Writing


2. The Legal Dispute
3. Stages of Writing
4. Getting the Facts of the Case
5. Getting into the Issues
6. Knowing the Applicable Law or Rule
7. Writing the Argument
8. Tightening Your Work
9. Writing Clearly
10. Writing Legalese

B. PRACTICAL EXERCISES

1. Writing Demurrer to Evidence


2. Writing Position Paper
3. Writing Trial Memoranda

Books/ References
1. Legal Research by Atty. Rufus B. Rodriguez
2. Fundamentals of Legal Writing by Atty. Blesilda Abad-Gamo
3. Legal Writing Plain and Simple by Arvin Antonio Ortiz

Prepared by:

ATTY. MARY GRACE S. DAYTO

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