Practice question
How does Article XV section 2 of the Constitution characterize marriage?
- A transaction governed only by private preference
- An inviolable social institution and the foundation of the family, protected by the State
- An ordinary sale of goods
- A relationship requiring no legal safeguards
- An institution outside all law
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — Constitution, Article II section 12 and Article XV sections 1–3
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/95173 — Family Code, Articles 1 and 48
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/apr2025/gr_267998_2025.html — Maliwat-Melad v. Melad, G.R. No. 267998, April 23, 2025, main opinion
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