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Week 2
The source of obligations are not limited to just the laws behind it there are also outside sources
not contemplated by law. These are Quasi Contracts or Quasi Delicts (Delict = crime). Quasi
means, as our professor made a joke about it, Sakto lang or parang. So its like a sort of.
Quasi Contracts are sort of like a Contract but not entirely and Quasi Delicts are sort of like a
crime but not exactly.
I have made an example in class of an idea on what a Quasi Contract might be like, and that is
for example: When A a neighbor of B, found Bs Child who got injured or sick when his parents
are not around. A out of generosity took care of the child and sent him to a hospital, where he
paid for the hospital bills. When the parents found out, they are relieved and out of good gesture,
decided to be obligated to reimburse the expenses made by neighbor A.
That is called negotiorum gestio and it is a voluntary consideration of one to another, without the
latters knowledge or consent. Our professor told us that there is a law behind it under our Civil
Code and it is sometimes called The Good Samaritan Law based on the same situation under
the story. Under this principle the person who has the deed done for his benefit without his
knowledge or consent, is obligated to reimburse the expenses of the generosity of the other,
should he decide to demand for it.
All in all, I have learned a lot on the fundamentals on how obligations work and how it is
observed in our daily life. Im looking forward to next time when we are going to be taught on
how contracts work.