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Practice question: Civil Liability of Persons Exempt from Criminal Liability

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Practice question

Compare the civil allocation when harm is justified by avoidance of a greater evil and when the actor is exempt because of irresistible force or uncontrollable fear. Assume the respective criminal-law requisites are fully established.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — Revised Penal Code, Article 101, civil consequences of specified exempting and justifying circumstances.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2006/ra_9344_2006.html — section 6, current minimum age and preservation of civil liability.
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10630_2013.html — section 3, amending RA 9344 section 6, current age exemption and express preservation of civil liability.

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