Ignorance of the Law

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1. What is the rule in Civil Code Article 3?
2. Which specific Civil Code provision recognizes that mutual error about an agreement's legal effect may vitiate consent …
3. How are foreign laws ordinarily treated for proof in Philippine courts under Garcia v. Recio?
4. A person admittedly violates a validly effective Philippine law and offers only that he never personally read it. No sp…
5. A litigant invokes a foreign succession rule but argues that Article 3 alone relieves her from proving what that foreig…
6. Both parties enter an agreement intending a particular lawful legal arrangement. They share an error about the agreemen…
7. A national statute requiring publication has never been validly published and is not yet effective. An official says Ar…
8. Explain Article 3's rule and why it does not make statutory publication unnecessary.
9. Explain the qualified rule in Article 1334 and its relation to ignorance of law.
10. Why does Article 3 not eliminate the ordinary pleading and proof of foreign law?
11. Article526 expressly permits what kind of legal mistake to be a basis of possessory good faith?
12. Under Article2155, a mistaken payment involving doubtful or difficult law may fall within which remedy?