CORPORATION LAW

San Sebastian Institute of Law

Prof. Raoul C. Creencia
2nd Semester – SY 2018-2019

1. Introduction to Business Entities and Juridical Persons

a. History of Philippine Corporate Law

b. Natural Persons and Juridical Persons
c. Sole Proprietorship -- alter ego of a Natural Person
d. Juridical Persons and Business Organizations
e. Corporations – form and attributes; advantages and disadvantages

2. Corporation Code

a. General Provisions
b. Definition and Classes of Corporations
c. Shares of Stock
d. Current trends and updating of the Code

3. Incorporation: The Birth of a Juridical Person

a. Name and Purpose

b. Incorporators and Capital Stock
c. Registration and Contents of the Articles of Incorporation
d. Corporate Juridical Personality*
e. Corporate Contract Law*
f. Articles of Incorporation*

4. Corporation: The Governing Rules and By-Laws

a. Contractual Significance and Legal Basis

b. Adoption and Procedure for Adoption
c. Basic Contents of By-Laws
d. Meetings
e. Voting

5. Corporation: Nature, Powers, Classifications and Attributes*

a. Corporate Term
b. Sale and Disposition
c. Investment or Declaration of Dividends
d. Ultra Vires acts
 e. Entitlement to Constitutional Rights*
f. Nationality of Corporations*

6. Persons inside a Juridical Person

a. Board of Directors
b. Officers
c. Stockholders
d. Members

7. The Corporate Set-Up

a. Capital Structures
b. Acquisitions and Mergers

8. Classes of Corporations

a. Close
b. Non-stock
c. Foreign Corporation

9. Ending a Juridical Life: Dissolution and Liquidation

10. Special Provisions and Penalties