Law on Obligation and Contracts by De Leon General Provisions

Chapter 1
General Provisions

Article 1156
An obligation is a juridical necessity to give, to do or not to do. (n)

Article 1157
Obligation arises from :
1. Law
2. Contracts
3. Quasi -contracts
4.Acts or omission punished by law
5. Quasi - delicts (1089a)

Article 1158
Obligation derived from law are not presumed. Only those expressly determined in this Code or in special laws are demandable, and shall be regulated by the precepts of the law which establishes them: and as to what has not been foreseen, by the provisions of this book. (1090)

Article 1159
Obligations arising from contracts have the force of law between the contracting parties and should be compiled with in good faith. (1091a)

Article 1160
Obligations derived from quasi-contracts shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1, Title XV!! of this book. (n)

Article 1161
Civil obligations arising from criminal offenses shall be governed by the penal laws, subject to the provisions of article 2177, and of the pertinent provisions of Chapter 2, Preliminary title, on Human Relations, and of Title XV!!! of this Book, regulating damages. (1092a)

Article 1162
Obligations derived from quasi-delicts shall be governed by the provisions of Cahpter 2, Title XV!! of this Book, and by special laws.

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