Philippine Bar Examination - Coverage

Coverage

The examination covers the following topics, popularly known as the bar subjects:

• Political and Public International Law
  • Constitutional Law
  • Political Law
  • Administrative Law (only the basic doctrines, excluding implementing rules and regulations of government agencies)
  • Law on Public Officers
  • Public Corporations
  • Suffrage
  • Public International Law

• Labor and Social Legislation
  • Labor Law (Labor Code of the Philippines, excluding the implementing rules and regulations)
  • Social Legislation
    • Social Security Law
    • Revised Government Service Insurance Act of 1977 (including Employees Compensation Act of 1977)
    • Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law

• Civil Law
  • Civil Code of the Philippines (excluding the Code of Muslim Personal Laws, Water Code, Rental Law, Law on Sale of Subdivision of Lots and Condominiums)
  • Family Code of the Philippines (including the Child and Youth Welfare Code)
  • Property Registration Decree (excluding the Public Land Law)
  • Conflict of Laws (Private International Law)

• Taxation
  • General principles of Taxation
  • Republic Act No. 1125, creating the Court of Tax Appeals
  • National Internal Revenue Code (including the Expanded Value Added Tax or EVAT)
  • Tariff and Customs Code (excluding Arrastre and Classification of Commodities)

• Mercantile Law
  • Negotiable Instruments Law and Other Allied Laws
    • Negotiable Instruments Law (with the Uniform Currency Act)
    • Merchants and Commercial Transactions (including Articles 1 to 63 of the Code of Commerce, Retail Trade Law, Bulk Sales Law)
    • Letters of Credit under the Code of Commerce
  • Insurance Code
  • Transportation Laws
    • Common Carriers (Articles 1732 to 1766 of the New Civil Code)
    • Commercial Contracts for Transportation Over Land (Articles 349 to 379 of the Code of Commerce)
    • Maritime Commerce
    • Public Service Act
  • Corporation Law
    • Corporation Code
    • Securities Act
    • Banking Laws
      • Laws on Secrecy of Bank Deposits
      • Deposit Insurance Corporation
      • Trust Receipts Law (excluding the General Banking Act)
    • Other Special Laws
      • Chattel Mortgage Law
      • Warehouse Receipts Law
      • Laws on Intellectual Creations
        • Copyright Law
        • Patent Law
        • Trademark Law
      • Insolvency Law
      • Truth in Lending Act

• Criminal Law
  • Revised Penal Code (Books I & II excluding penalties for specific felonies)
  • Indeterminate Sentence Law
  • Probation Law
  • Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act
  • Anti-Fencing Law
  • Bouncing Checks Law
  • Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972
  • Heinous Crimes Law (excluding penalties)

• Remedial Law
  • Revised Rules of Court
  • 1991 Revised Rule on Summary Procedure
  • Local Government Code on Conciliation Procedures (Chapter VII)
  • Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 (excluding purely administrative provisions, Military Justice Law, Judiciary Act of 1948, and the Law Reorganizing the Court of Agrarian Relations)

• Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises
  • Legal Ethics
  • Judicial Ethics
  • Code of Professional Responsibility
  • Grievance Procedures (Rules 139-B, Revised Rules of Court)
  • Forms