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Practice question: Non-impairment of Contracts

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Distinguish a private failure to perform a contract from a law impairing contractual obligations. Does Article III, Section 10 itself convert every private breach into the constitutional violation it prohibits?

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article III, Section 10, non-impairment of contractual obligations: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353

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