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Ateneo de Zamboanga College of Law

Instructions for Corporation Law portion of Commercial Law Review


Atty. Jose Maria G. Hofilea
1. Attached is an Outline in Philippine Corporate Law (the Outline) which
is used by Dean Cesar Villanueva, Atty. Teresa V. Tiansay and myself in the
teaching of the full Corporation Law course at the Ateneo de Manila Law
School.
2. We will be using and following the Outline for purposes of the four 4hour class sessions that we will be having on the Corporation Law portion
of your Commercial Law Review course. You are free to use other
textbooks to supplement your study.
3. With respect to provisions of law (whether or not from the Corporation
Code), you are required to have read and fully understood the provisions
of law that are cited in the Outline corresponding to the targeted coverage
of each class (see below) prior to the relevant class.
4. With respect to jurisprudence, you will observe that in the Outline, the
title to certain cases appear with a check mark and are highlighted in bold
font. It is highly encouraged that you read these cases in the original prior
to the relevant class.
5. Our sessions will be a mix of lectures and class participation. There is a
possibility that quizzes may also be given after class sessions.
6. The target coverage of each of our four 4-hour class sessions is set out
in the table below. Some adjustments might have to be made depending
on the progress of each session but the coverage should not exceed the
identified portion of the Outline.
Class Session

Coverage (based on Outline)

Part I (Historical Background) up to all of Part


V (Separate Juridical Personality and Doctrine of
Piercing the Veil of Corporate Fiction)
Part VI (Corporate Contract Law) up to all of
Part X (Directors, Trustees and Officers)
Part XI (Rights of Stockholders and Members)
up to all of Part XII (Shares of Stock and
Capital Stock)
Part XIII (Acquisitions, Mergers and
Consolidation) up to all of Part XX
(Miscellaneous)

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Securities Regulation Code (coverage to be


announced)

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