Practice question
A worker’s employment injury falls under an identified special statutory compensation regime. A litigant says the Civil Code damages title automatically abolishes that regime because it is more general. What does Article2196 require?
- Respect the applicable special rules rather than assume general provisions displaced them
- Always erase every special employee-compensation rule
- Apply only whichever amount the claimant prefers without legal basis
- Treat employment injuries as automatically noncompensable
- Convert every compensation claim into a donation
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles2195–2198,2213,2215–2216.
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