Legal Aspect in Tourism Midterm Exam

Refers to law which applies to all the people of the state or to all of a particular class of persons in the state, with equal force and obligation.

• Public law

• International law

• Political law

• Criminal law

Body of rules or principles of action governing the relations between states.

• Criminal law

• Political law

• International law

• Public law

Regulates the relations sustained by the inhabitants of a territory to the sovereign.

• Criminal law

• Public law

• International law

• Political law

Law of commercial transactions derived from the law of merchant which includes commercial paper, insurance and other types of agency.

• Mercantile law

• Maritime law

• Civil law

• Special law

Law dealing with commerce by sea, involving regulation of ships and harbors and the status of seamen.

• Mercantile law

• Maritime law

• Civil law

• Special law

Refers to the mass of precepts which determines and regulates those relations of assistance, authority, and obedience existing among members of a family and those which exist among member of a society for the protection of private interests.

• Civil law

• Special law

• Maritime law

• Mercantile law

Source of law which is the fundamental law of the Philippines where all other laws must conform.

• Philippine Constitution

• Legislative Enactment

• Administrative orders

• Juridicial decisions

Source of law issued by administrative officials under legislative authority.

• Philippine Constitution

• Legislative Enactment

• Executive order

• Judicial decision

Refers to the decisions of the Supreme Court in interpreting the laws or the Constitution.

• Philippine Constitution

• Legislative Enactment

• Executive order

• Judicial decision

Includes establishing Environmental Impact Statement System.

• P.D 1586

• R.A 9275

• R.A 9003

• R.A 9512