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Practice question: Non-imprisonment for Debt

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A borrower reads non-imprisonment for debt as automatic forgiveness and a ban on every civil collection case. Explain the difference between the protected liberty and lawful civil liability.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article III, Section 20.
  • Lozano v. Martinez, G.R. No. L-63419 et al., December 18, 1986, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1986/dec1986/gr_l-63419_1986.html

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