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Written or Statutory Law

Type of law passed by Congress

Constitutional Law

Rights, privileges, and responsibilities that are from the Philippine Constitution

Administrative Law

Law made by administrative bodies granted by the authority to act in this manner

Common Law

Composed of the unwritten laws based in the immemorial customs and usages

Stare Decisis

A principle that, when the court has once laid down a principle of law as applied to a certain set of facts, it will adhere to and apply to all future cases where the facts are substantially the same

Criminal Law

Type of law that defines crimes, treats of their nature and provides for their punishment

Civil Law

Law that determines andregulates the relation of assistance, authority, and obedience between members of a family

Remedial Law

Rules concerning pleadings; gives a party remedy for a wrong