University of Cebu

Cebu City
COLLEGE OF LAW
COURSE SYLLABUS

I. COURSE NUMBER
II.

COURSE TITLE

LLB 228
:

Legal Medicine

III.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
:
The course basically deals and delves into the application of medical concepts,
knowledge and skills to legal issues and legal proceedings, in order to assist in the proper dispensation of justice.
Legal Medicine, also known as Forensic Medicine, is that branch of medicine where medical knowledge is applied to legal
issues and legal proceedings.

IV.

COURSE PREREQUISITE

N/A

V.

COURSE CREDIT

1 unit

VI.

COURSE OUTLINE

OBJECTIVES

CONTENTS

The course is designed to acquaint INTRODUCTION

and equip the students with
adequate
medical
concepts, - Definition, history, scope and nature of
knowledge
and
procedures
Legal Medicine
pertinent to the resolution of legal
issues.
- Legal Medicine and the Philippine
Legal System
At the end of the course, the

TIME
ALLOTMENT

2 hrs

STRATEGIES/ACTIVITIES

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Lectures
/
Graded References:
Interactions / Case Study /
Quizzes / Prelim, Semi-Final,
- Legal Medicine, 1987
Midterm
and
Final
Edition, by Pedro P. Solis
Examinations
- Legal Medicine, 2010
Edition, by Leo C. Olarte

Application of Legal Medicine to Law

Medical Jurisprudence, its definition

and nature

Distinction between Legal Medicine

and Medical Jurisprudence

II. CIVIL PERSONALITY

The Civil Code of the

Philippines

The Revised Penal Code

The Revised Rules of

Court

Selected cases decided

by the Supreme Court

1 hr

Definition and
personality

Attainment and termination of civil

personality

Legal importance of the study of birth

concept

of

III. DEATH
-

Definition of death

Medico-legal aspects of death

Medico-legal investigation of death

Provisions of law on death

Legal presumption of death

IV. TRAUMA
-

civil

2 hrs

2 hrs

Definition and types of trauma

Medico-legal aspects of injuries

Legal classification of injuries

Medico-legal investigation of trauma

V. SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS
CRIMES

AND

SEX

Different kinds of sexual dysfunctions

Sex crimes

Medico-legal aspects of sex crimes

Medico-legal
crimes

investigation

of

VI.PATERNITY AND FILIATION

- Kinds of children
-

Evidence of Paternity and Filiation

Method of procreation

VII.

MARITAL RELATION
-

Marital union and dissolution

Impotency and Sterility

VIII.
-

MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS

Kinds of mental disorders

2 hrs

sex

1 hr

1 hr

2 hrs

Insanity and mental deficiency

Limitation or restriction of capacity to

act

Insanity or mental illness as an

exempting or mitigating circumstance
to criminal liability

Psychological incapacity as legal

ground for declaration of nullity of
marriage

Physical and mental examination of

persons

Hospitalization of insane persons

Malingering

IX.MEDICAL EVIDENCE
- Definition, nature, and types of medical
evidence

VII.

Preservation of evidence

Weight and sufficiency of evidence

Deception detection

Identification of person

Forensic DNA Evidence

3 hrs

EVALUATIVE MEASURES
:
The students shall be evaluated and rated based on their performance in the classroom
recitations, quizzes, and the preliminary, semi-final, midterm and final examinations.

VIII.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS
wit:

The official grading system of the University of Cebu College of Law will be followed, to

a. Class Standing (Prelim/Semi-Final Exam, Recitations, Quizzes and Assignments)..40%

b. Midterm / Final Examination..60%

Prepared by: ATTY. JOE VINSON M. EMPACES

Approved by: DEAN BALDOMERO C. ESTENZO