Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Bussiness an government relations

Changing economic partners

Providing bases for growth and development

Infrastructures

Good roads and adequate and efficient transport facilities

Governmental protection

Regulatory measures

Dispersal of industries

Energy conservation law

Prohibitory or restrictive

Ban on certain activities

Proprietary function

Pioneering function

Governments having second thoughts

Chapter 2: institutional setting

The constitution

Promoting industrialization and full employment

Lands of the public domain

The use of property

Transfer of lands of the public domain

Economic and planning agency

Regulation of franchise and certification

Monopolies and restraint of trade

Enabling laws

Sources of law

Competition

The rationale of competition

The theory of countervailing power

Chapter 3: Governmental powers

Police power

Nature and scope

Exercise of police power

Case involving police power

The dangerous drugs act

The anti-dummy law

Safeguarding morality of our society

On franchises

Permits .

Eminent domain

Limitations

Decree provisions ruled unconstitutional

Police power and eminent domainm distinguished

Taxation

Requisites of a valid taxation

Exemption from taxation

Police power

Taxation and eminent domain - their similarities

Proprietary power

Limitations

Judicial review

The "obligation of contract" doctrine

Chapter 4: the promotion of agricultural interest

The need for accelerated agricultural development

The rice industry

Agrarian reform

Supervised credit

Broadening the coverage of land reform

Principles of agrarian reform

Cautions approach to land reform

Critique on the proposed land reform

Major earners of foreign exchange

Other agricultural industries

Food industry

Fisheries development

The bureau of fisheries and aquatic resources

Products of natural resources

Incentives for inventment in agriculture

Agricultural invesment priorities plan

Chapter 5: aids to business

Maintenance of a sound monetary system

Standards of weights and measures

Research

Forest products research

Fabricating hollow blocks

On aquaculture

Financial assistance

Agricultural enterprises

IGLF loans

Subsidies

Tariff Protection

Anti-dumping

Invesment incentives act and export incentives act

Other aids to business

Chapter 6: The protection of consumer interests

The plight of the hapless consumers

The doctorine of caveat emptor

Fradaulent advertising

Licensing regulations

The law of usury

Interest charged by pawnbrokers

Truth in lending act

Food,drugs and cosmetic act

Dates on food labels

On marked containers

Price tag law

One salient observation

Chapter 7: Registration and protection of copyrights

Copyright defined

Subject matter of copyright

Rights conferred by copyrights

Limitations on copyrights

Translation

Who may secure copyright protection

Transfer of work and copyright

Reprinting of copyrighted work

Legal and cultural deposit

Infringement

Importation

Wanton vilation of copyright

Chapter 8: Patents and trademarks

Patents

Inventions Patentable

Inventions not patent-able

When inventions not considered new or patent-able

Who may obtain a patent

Who may apply for patent

The specifications

Applications previously fled abroad

Examinatiion of the application

Issuance of patent

Contents of patent

The patent office

Rights of patentees and Infringement thereof

Transmission of rights

Voluntary license contracts

Rights of Licensee

Compulsory Licensing

Philippines inventors commission

Trade-marks

The law on trade-marks

Trade-marks registerabe under the act

Trademarks

Trade names and service marks, distinguished

Application for registration

Renewal of certificate of registration

Infringement

Importation prohobited

Counterfeiting A Lucrative trade

Chapter 9: The regulation of transport facilities

Importance

Land transportation

Franchising of public transport

Inspection of motor vehicles

Reports of change of motors numbers

Fixing of rates

Operation of public services

Motor vehicles brought by tourists

Water transportation

Vessels required to be registered

The register of vessels

Certificate of Philippines register

Privileges conferred of vessels

Report of accident to vessel

Marina regulates domestic shipping

Air transportation

Application of permit

Hearing and records of proceedings

Powers and duties of the civil aeronautics board

Civil aeronautics administration

Chapter 11: The regulation of restraint of trade and unfair competition

Under the common law

Monopoly

Conditions which contribute to monopoly

Types of monopolies

Restraint of trade

Common law doctrine on restraint of trade

Unfair methods of competition

Elements of unfair competition

Alhambra Cigar vs Mojica

Layebana vs Chua Seco

Watson Case

Ogura vs Chua

Parke Davis

Co vs kim foo

Clark vs Manila candy Co.

Rueda Hnos & co vs Paglinawan

Other cases

Misbranding

unfair competition

Regulating monopoly and restraint of trade

Philippine Airlines is ready ti give up its monopoly status

Chapter 12: The importance of controls

The concept of control

indirect controls

Codes

Franchises and Licences

Administrative regulation

Provision for incorporation

Direct controls

Price controls

Import control

Prohibited Importation

Exchange control

Exchange control in the Philippines

Export control

Rent control

Chapter 13: The control of banking and credit

Banking

Public interest

Control of entry service

Interlocking directories

Money shops

On bank capital hike and mergers

Examinations and reports

The Philippine deposit insurance corporation

Monetary policy

Moral suassion

Rediscount rate

Reserve requirements

Selective credit control

Credit

Monetary and credit measures

Banking system to be strengthened

Chapter 14 Labor and economic progress

Provisions on labor

L:aborcode

Unfair labor pracitices

Hours and conditions of work

Emergency overtime work

Weekly rest periods

Payments of wages

Time and place of payment

Employment of women employees

Maternity leaves benefits

Prohibited acts

Manpower development program

Observation

On the right to strike

Chapter 15: Government ownership of business enterprices

Government ownership

Some government controlled or owned corporations

The people's homesite and housing corporation

Philippine national railways

National shipyards and steel corporation

National power corporation

National development company

Cebu Portland cement company

Government service insurance system

Advantages of government ownership

Disadvantages

Sale of 21 NDC firms towards privatization

Does privatization improve efficency

The asset privatization trust