Regalian Doctrine

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1. Under Article XII, section 2, who owns lands of the public domain and the natural resources enumerated there?
2. Under Article XII, section 2, what is the stated exception to the rule that natural resources shall not be alienated?
3. Which statement correctly reflects the Regalian doctrine's evidentiary consequence in an ordinary public-land title cla…
4. A person says he owns minerals beneath a parcel solely because he validly owns the surface land. Does Article XII, sect…
5. A surveyor measures an ordinary public-domain parcel. The occupant claims that the survey alone made it private. No law…
6. An occupant seeks title to an ordinary parcel that remains legally classified as forest land. He presents evidence of l…
7. A company receives a lawful permit to extract specified resources under a regulatory agreement. It claims that the perm…
8. Explain the Regalian doctrine as reflected in Article XII, sections 2–3. Distinguish State ownership of public-domain l…
9. A landowner argues that a valid surface title necessarily gives him ownership of all mineral deposits beneath it. Apply…
10. An occupant has cultivated and paid taxes on an ordinary parcel that remains legally classified as forest land. No lawf…
11. Does classification of an ordinary public-domain parcel as alienable and disposable, by itself, identify a particular p…
12. Under Article XII, Section 2, exploration, development and utilization of natural resources are subject to what State r…