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Practice question: Prior Restraint and Subsequent Punishment

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Explain why an injunction against a forthcoming publication does not avoid prior-restraint analysis simply because a judge signs it. Do not assume every injunction concerning speech is necessarily invalid.

Legal references

  • Chavez v. Gonzales, G.R. No. 168338, February 15, 2008, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/feb2008/gr_168338_2008.html
  • 1987 Constitution, Article III, Section 4: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353

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