Obligations and Contracts and Related Laws

Article 2195

The provisions of this Title shall be respectively applicable to all obligations mentioned in article 1157.

Article 2196

The rules under this Title are without prejudice to special provisions on damages formulated elsewhere in this Code. Compensation for workmen and other employees in case of death, injury or illness is regulated by special laws. Rules governing damages laid down in other laws shall be observed insofar as they are not in conflict with this Code.

Article 2197

Damages may be: (1) Actual or compensatory; (2) Moral; (3) Nominal; (4) Temperate or moderate; (5) Liquidated; or (6) Exemplary or corrective.

Article 2198

The principles of the general law on damages are hereby adopted insofar as they are not inconsistent with this Code.