NRELTD POINTERS FOR MIDTERMS

(Kindly correct/add/delete if there's something wrong, missing or whatever with my list)

1. Definition of terms - 2 points each
National territory
Territorial seas
Natural resources
Julia regalia(?)
Imperium dominium
Ancestral domain
Ancestral land
Agricultural lands
Private lands
2. Section 1, Article 12 Constitution
-in relation to Section 2, Article 12 of the Constitution
-Who has the authority to explore, develop and utilize the natural resources?
-May foreign owned corporations explore, develop and utilize natural resources?
3. Section 2, Article 12
-Who has the authority to classify lands?
-Who has the authority to declare lands as either alienable or inalienable?
-Take note what kind of classification is being asked
4. Section 3, Article 12
-How lands of public domain are disposed of?
-When does a land of public domain become private land?
-2 modes of acquisition
-Concept of non-ownership with regards to natural resources
5. Section 4, Article 12
-Oposa vs. Factoran
6. Section 5, Article 12
-Difference between ancestral domain and ancestral lands
7. Sections 7 & 8, Article 12
-Exceptions to transfer/conveyance of private lands
-Those who are not qualified to hold/acquire lands of the public domain may also not acquire private lands; vice
versa
-Case problem: mixed marriage between American husband and Filipino wife
-May the spouse dispose of the land without the consent of the other spouse?
-Review concepts on Conjugal Partnership of property
-Paraphernal property
8. Who may acquire private lands?
-Acquiring vs. Holding differentiate
9. What is the operative fact of the sale of a private land in violation of Section 7?
-Define operative fact
-Orthodox vs Modern/Unorthodox view
-Private lands transferred to those who are not qualified to acquire such --- what is the operative fact?
10. Constitution allows Congress to issue permits for small-scale _____(kindly clarify this part please) but only to
Filipino citizens
11. Are private corporations/associations qualified to acquire private lands?
-May a Filipino citizen acquire agricultural lands? How?
-What are public corporations?
-Are public corporations allowed to acquire public lands?
12. Section 16, Article 2 of the Constitution
-What is the significance of this provision?
-Oposa vs. Factoran
-LLDA vs. CA
-LLDS vs. City of Caloocan
-Read RA 8479 otherwise known as the clean air act
-Read PD 705 otherwise known as the revised forestry code of 1995
-Read RA 9175 otherwise known as the chainsaw act of 2002
14. Section 22, Article 2
-Rights of indigenous cultural communities in relation to their ancestral lands
-GMA Administration: Bangsamoro Agreement --- cited by Comm. Soriano as an error with regards to ancestral
domain and ancestral lands
- Isagani Cruz vs. Secretary of DENR GR135385
-RA 8371 otherwise knows as the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA)