Practice question
What is the general Philippine rule concerning judicial notice of foreign municipal law?
- Every foreign law is automatically noticed
- A foreign-law claim needs no evidence if a lawyer asserts it
- Only foreign statutory titles must be proved
- Foreign law generally must be pleaded and proved rather than assumed through judicial notice
- Foreign law can never be proved
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/feb2024/gr_256540_2024.html — Bison Management Corporation v. AAA, G.R. No. 256540, February 14, 2024
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/pdf/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.pdf — 2019 Amendments to the Revised Rules on Evidence, Rule 132 sections 24–25
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/69859 — Anido v. Republic, G.R. No. 253527, October 21, 2024
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