Lex Rei Sitae

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1. What does lex rei sitae refer to? Multiple Choice Easy
2. Does Article 16’s first paragraph expressly mention both real and personal property? Multiple Choice Easy
3. Which Article 16 subject is expressly assigned to the decedent’s national law despite property location? Multiple Choice Easy
4. Two foreigners litigate an ordinary issue concerning ownership of land situated in the Philippines. No succession quest… Multiple Choice Medium
5. An ordinary proprietary-right issue concerns a movable item situated in Country X. No succession issue or special excep… Multiple Choice Medium
6. A foreign citizen leaves land in the Philippines. The dispute is specifically the amount of an heir’s successional shar… Multiple Choice Hard
7. Two Philippine citizens litigate an ordinary proprietary-right issue involving property situated abroad. The relevant s… Multiple Choice Hard
8. State the basic lex rei sitae rule and explain the express Article 16 succession exception. Essay Medium
9. Why does the presence of land in the Philippines not automatically answer every question arising from a foreign deceden… Essay Medium
10. Explain why identifying a foreign situs does not by itself prove the foreign property rule a party wants the Philippine… Essay Medium
11. In Laurel v. Garcia, did the mere location of Philippine government property in Japan resolve the authority of Philippi… Multiple Choice Easy
12. Which issue ordinarily concerns lex situs as described in Laurel? Multiple Choice Easy