DENTISTS AND CIVIL LIABILITY Flashcards
Legal responsibility for the payment to an agreed third-party due to the violation of ___
civil law
Liability imposed by the court against a person who violates the civil law
CIVIL LIABILITY
law concerning individual relations, properties,
business, personal dealings, etc., and their interaction with each
other
Deals more on private individuals and has nothing to do
with the state or government
Civil Law
Comes with monetary compensation instead of imprisonment
like in criminal law
CIVIL LIABILITY
extinguished in the same manner as other obligations
Extinction of Civil Liability
the offender shall
continue to be obliged to satisfy the civil liability resulting from the
crime committed by him, notwithstanding the fact that he has
served his sentence consisting of deprivation of liberty or other
rights, or has not been required to serve the same by reason of
amnesty, pardon, commutation of sentence, or any other reason
Obligation to Satisfy Civil Liability
persons with criminal offenses shall still pay civil
liability after serving time in imprisonment
Obligation to Satisfy Civil Liability
forgiveness of a criminal offense
granted by the head of the state or President; amnesty is
before judgment, pardon is after judgment;
civil liability is still present
Amnesty/Pardon
A juridical necessity to give, to do, or not to do
OBLIGATIONS
SOURCES OF OBLIGATION:
- Law
- Contracts
- Quasi-contracts
- Acts or Omissions Punishable by Law (Delicts)
- Quasi-Delicts (TORTS)
Obligations arising from law are not presumed
Only those expressly determined in the Civil Code or in special
laws are demandable, and shall be regulated by the precepts
of the law which establishes them
Law
Obligations arising from contracts have the force of law between the contracting parties and should be complied with in good faith
stipulations of the contract by the parties must not be
contrary to law, morality, good customs, public order,
and public policy
Contracts
deals with what is right and what is wrong
Norms of good and right conduct
Governs the private personal interactions of
people
Morality
governs the professional interactions of
people
Ethics
generally accepted principles of morality which have received some social and practical recognition in the community for so long
Good Customs
the safety and order of the community
in order to maintain peace; examples are obeying traffic
rules
Public Order
System of law or regulatory measures to make the
society lead a better life and to maintain delivery
of goods and services
Public Policy
“no one shall be unjustly enriched or benefited at the
expense of another”
Quasi-contracts
giving rise to an obligation to deliver a thing or
render a service
presumptive consent
quasi-contract
basis of quasi-contract giving rise
to an obligation to deliver a thing or render a service
presumptive consent
A quasi-contract is also termed as
solutio indebita
Every person criminally liable for a felony is also civilly
liable and therefore becomes obligated to the person he has wronged
Acts or Omissions Punishable by Law (Delicts)