ARELLANO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

COURSE OUTLINE FOR

AGRARIAN REFORM LAW & SOCIAL LEGISLATION

ATTY. RICKSON M. BUENVIAJE

FIRST SEMESTER

I. Course Requirements

1. Recitation (30%)
2. Midterm Examination (Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ),
Enumeration/Objective and Essay Questions (30%)
3. Final Exams (Multiple Choice Questions, Enumeration/Objective and Essay
Questions) (40%)
4. Class email group and coordination.

II. Course Outline

1. Organizational Meeting
2. Introduction and Overview of the Course on Agrarian Law and Social
Legislation
3. General Concepts of Agrarian Reform
4. Bases of Agrarian Reform Law: Constitution, Social Justice Clause
CASES
o DAR vs. Woodland Agro-Development, Inc., GR No. 188174, June 29,
2015
o Association of Small Landowners vs DAR, GR No. 78742, July 14, 1989

5. Historical Background and Evolution of Agrarian Reform Law in the

Philippines: (Salient Points)

a. CA No. 141 of 1936

b. PD 27, October 21, 1972
c. RA 539
d. RA 34, September 30, 1946
e. RA 1160, June 18, 1954
f. RA 1199, August 30, 1954
g. RA 1266, June 11, 1955
h. RA 1400, September 9, 1955
i. RA 3844, August 8, 1963
j. RA 6389, September 10, 1971
k. RA 6390, September 10, 1971
l. RA 6657, June 10, 1988
m. RA 7881, February 20, 1995
n. RA 7905, February 23, 1995
o. RA 8532, February 23, 1998
p. RA 9700, August 9, 2009

III. Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988 and its IRR

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6. Definition of Terms

a) Agrarian Reform
b) Agriculture, Agricultural Enterprise or Agricultural Activity
c) Agricultural Land
d) Agrarian Dispute
e) Farmer
f) Farmworker
g) Regular Farmworker
h) Seasonal Farmworker
i) Other farmworker

7. Scope of the CARL

a) As to Covered lands- Jurisdiction of DARAB

b) As to Controversy
CASE
o Luz Farms vs. Secretary of Agrarian Reform 192 SCRA 51

8. Elements of Tenancy Relationship

CASE
o Stanfilco Employees vs. Dole Phil, GR No. 154048, November 27, 2009
o Vianzon vs. Macaraeg, GR No. 171107, September 5, 2012

9. Kinds of Lands covered and not covered by CARP

CASES
o Alita vs. Court of Appeals, GR No. 78517, February 27, 1989
o Paris vs. Alfeche, GR No. 139083, August 30, 2001

10. Land Acquisition - Sections 3a, 4,5, 6, 7,16,19 and 20

Order of Priorities of Coverage
Modes of Land Acquisition
a) Voluntary Offer to sell (Section 19)
b) Compulsory Acquisition; Requisites and Procedures (Section 16)
c) Voluntary Land Transfer (Section 20)
CASES:
o Association of Small Landowners vs. Secretary of Agrarian Reform 175
SCRA 343, GR. No. 78742, 79310, 79744, 79777 , July 14, 1989
o Roxas vs. Court of Appeals, GR No. 127876, Dec. 17, 1999
o Espiritu and Agustin vs. del Rosario, GR No. 204964, October 15, 2014
o Heirs of Arcadio Castro, Sr. vs. Lozada, GR No. 163026, August 29, 2012

11. Land Acquisition – Variation - Corporate Farms – Sections 29, 30 and 31

CASES:
o Hacienda Luisita Inc. vs Presidential Agrarian Reform Council et. al, GR.
No. 171101, July 5, 2011
o Luz Farms vs. Secretary of Agrarian Reform 192 SCRA 51

12. Certificate of Land Ownership (CLOA)

-DAR AO No. 12

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 CASES:
o Lebrudo and Lebrudo vs. Loyola, GR No. 181370, March 9, 2011
o DAR vs. Woodland Agro-Development, Inc, GR No. 188174, June 29, 2015
13. Determination of Just Compensation
CASES
o City of Manila vs. Estrada, 25 Phil 208 (1913)
o Landbank vs. Banal, GR No. 143276July 20, 2004
o Landbank vs. Celada, GR No. 164876, January 23, 2006
o Landbank vs. Lim and Cabochan, GR No. 171941, August 2, 2007
o Landbank vs. Arieta Tan, GR No. 161834, August 23, 2010
o Diamond Farms, Inc. vs. Diamonf Farms Workers Multi-Purpose
Cooperative, GR No. 192999, July 18, 2012

CODAL PROVISIONS
o Section 17, RA 6657
o DAR AO No. 05, Series of 1998
o Rule 67, Section 2, Revised Rules of Court

14. Retention Rights, Exemption and Exclusion – Section 3c, 6, 10 and RA 7881
(1995) Exempting Prawn Farms and Fishponds from CARP
CASES
o Alita vs. Court of Appeals, 170 SCRA 706, 1989
o Natalia Realty et. al.. versus DAR, GR No. 103302, August 12, 1993
o Department of Agrarian Reform vs. Delia T. Sutton et. al., G.R. No.
162070, October 19, 2005
o Milestone Farms, Inc vs. Office of the President, G.R. No. 182332.
February 23, 2011
o Department of Agrarian Reform, vs. Department Of Education, Culture
and Sports (DECS), G.R. No. 158228. March 23, 2004.
o ROXAS & COMPANY, INC., vs. DAMBA-NFSW and the DEPARTMENT
OF AGRARIAN REFORM, G.R. No. 149548. December 4, 2009
o Roman Catholic Archbishop of Caceres vs. DAR-Secretary, GR No.
139285, December 21, 2007
o Province of Camarines Sur vs. Court of Appeals, GR No. 103125, May 17,
1993
o Delfino vs. Anasco, GR No. 197486, September 10, 2014

15. Land Valuation – Sections 17, 18, and E.O 228 and P.D. 27
CASES
o Land Bank of the Philippines vs. Hon. Eli Natividad, G.R. No. 127198,
May 16, 2005
o Josefina Lubrica vs. Land Bank of the Philippines, G.R. No. 170220,
November 20, 2006
o Land Bank vs. CA and Pedro Yap, GR No. 118712, Oct. 6, 1995

16. Land Redistribution – Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27

CASE
o Samuel Estribillo et. al, vs. Department of Agrarian Reform and Hacienda
Maria Inc., G.R. No. 159674. June 30, 2006

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17. Land Tenure Improvement – Sections 12 and 32
CASES
o Caballes vs. DAR, GR No. 78214, December 5, 1988 (168 SCRA 247)
o Gelos vs. Court of Appeals (208 SCRA 608, 1992)
o Gabriel vs. Pangilinan (58 SCRA 590, 1974)

18. Conversion of Agricultural Lands – Section 65 and Republic Act 7160

otherwise known as the Local Government Code of the Philippines (Section
20)
CASES:
o Jose Luis Ros, et. al. vs. Department of Agrarian Reform G.R. No. 132477.
August 31, 2005
o Chamber of Real Estate and Builders Association, Inc (CREBA) vs. the
Secretary of Agrarian Reform, G.R. No. 183409, June 18, 2010
o The Hon. Carlos Fortich et. al. vs. The Hon. Renato Corona, GR. No.
131457, April 24, 1998
o Heirs of Luis A. Luna, et al vs. Ruben A. Afable, et al, GR No. 188299,
January 23, 2013
o Valcurza , et al vs. Atty. Tamparong, Jr., GR No. 189874, September 4, 2013

19. Mechanisms for Program Implementation & Financing Program – Sections 41,
42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 and 63 and Republic Act R.A. 9700 (Section 21)

20. Resolution of Agrarian Dispute – Sections 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57 and Republic
Act No. 9700 (Section 9 and 19)

21. Concept of Agrarian Dispute

CASE
o Sutton vs. Lim et, al, GR No. 191660, December 3, 2012

22. Disputes Classified as Agrarian Dispute under the CARL

CASES

o Rufina Vda de Tangub vs. Court of Appeals, 191 SCRA 885, December 3,
1990
o Sta. Rosa Realty Development Corporation versus Juan Amante et.al.,
G.R. No. 112526, March 16, 2005
o Department of Agrarian Reform vs. Roberto Cuenca et al., G.R. No.
154112. September 23, 2004
o Phil. Veterans Bank vs. CA et. al, GR No. 132767, Jan. 18, 2000
o Land bank of the Philippines vs. Raymunda Martinez G.R. No. 169008,
August 14, 2007
o Land bank of the Philippines vs. Heirs of Eleuterio Cruz G.R. No. 175175,
September 29, 2008
o Land bank of the Philippines vs. Leonila Celada G.R. No. 164876. January
23, 2006

23. Support Services & Prohibited Acts– Sections 36, 37, 38, 39 and 73

IV. Social Legislation

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24. Republic Act No. 10361 otherwise known as the “Domestic Workers Act” or
“Batas Kasambahay”

25. Republic Act No. 8042 otherwise known as the “Migrant Workers and Overseas
Filipino Act of 1995” as amended by R.A. 9422 and R.A. 10022)

26. Republic Act No. 8187 otherwise known as the “Paternity Leave Act of 1996” &
Republic Act 8972 otherwise known as the “Solo Parents’ Welfare Act No 2000”
27. Republic Act No. 7432 as amended by R.A. 9257 and R.A. 9994 otherwise
known as the “Senior Citizens Act”

28. Republic Act 1161 as amended otherwise known as the “Social Security Act of
1997”

29. Presidential Decree No 1146 as amended otherwise known as the “Government

Service Insurance System Act of 1997”

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