Article 1157

Question 1

Article 1157 Obligations arise from

Answer 1

1) Law
2) Contracts
3) Quasi-Contract
4) Acts or omissions punished by law; and
5) Quasi-Delicts

Question 2

When they are imposed by the law itself

Answer 2

Law

Question 3

Meaning of Contracts when we say it is 1 of the sources of Obligations

Answer 3

When they are from the stipulation of the parties

Question 4

Arise from lawful, voluntary and unilateral acts which are enforceable to the end that no one shall be unjust enriched or benefited at the expense of another

Answer 4

Quasi-contracts

Question 5

They are from civil liability in which is the consequence of a criminal offense

Answer 5

Crimes or acts or omissions punished by law

Question 6

When they arise from damage caused to another through an act or omission, there being fault or negligence, but no contractual relation exists between the parties

Answer 6

Quasi-delicts or torts

Question 7

Five sources of Obligation

Answer 7

• Those emanating from law
• Those emanating from private acts which may be divided into 2:
  1) Those arising from licit acts, case of contracts and quasi-contracts
  2) Those arising from illicit acts

Question 8

Actually, there are only 2 sources of obligation: Law and Contracts. True or False?

Answer 8

True