As human beings we learn faster through finding relationships between objects.

We are not immediately taught trigonometry if we do not know the basics of Geometry. (How in the world can you teach a 5 year old that “In every right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square of the other two sides” if he does not even know what a triangle is ?)  We learn by relating or building upon something that we already know.

Have you ever grasped the teaching style of most good law professors? If you follow closely a good teacher’s teaching style it can be summed up in one word: “CORELATION” They correlate one article to another article of a certain code or another law.

For example, let’s go to the subject of Donations. Donations in the Family code have to be correlated to the topic of simple donations in title III of the civil code starting from Article 725. In so doing a student will be able to remember more easily the laws that relate to donations.

This is what the PARALLEL CODAL is all about. The gist of the PARALLEL CODAL is that it presents the codal provisions in order as given by the law in one column and on the next column, it will contain all the laws related to it.

Try inserting this in your political law exam whenever this is asked in a related question:

“. . . We fail as a nation not because we are lacing in intelligence but that because we are a nation of misfits” – Dept. of education vs. San Diego

Or how about when you are asked in your election law exams this question, “Is the candidate who has gathered the second number of votes entitled to replace the winning candidate in case the latter is disqualified?” What grade do you think will your professor give you if you include this in your answer:

“The wreath of victory cannot be transferred from the disqualified candidate to the repudiated looser” – Miranda vs. Abaya.

Or how about if you are asked in your labor law what is Social justice and you answered this:

“Social justice is, according to the supreme court through the erudite pen of Justice laurel in the case of Calalang vs. Williams, “. . . The humanization of laws and the equalization of socio-economic forces so that justice in it’s rational and it’s objectively secular concept may at least be appreciated . . . ”

Wouldn’t your professors get the “shock” of their lives ? Wouldn’t they be overjoyed at least somebody knows what their talking about instead of trying to fish around for answers?

This is the idea behind quotes from Land mark cases. It will be a compilation of Supreme court doctrines. It’s kind of like a quotable quotes in Supreme court jurisprudence sorted by subjects.

It has been observed that bar examiners tends to take questions from current events. Some bar examiners even advise those who would be taking to bar to read the news paper. Questions like related to the Oak wood mutiny, charter change and the right of the legislature to imprison a member of the executive department are sure to be asked for the next couple of years.

A compilation and analysis of applicable laws of current events should be done every year.