Immunity of Public Officers

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1. What does Section 38(1) of the Administrative Code require to overcome its stated protection from civil liability for a…
2. Under the presidential-immunity rule reiterated in Nepomuceno, what circumstance is central to protection of the Presid…
3. Does a subordinate officer automatically escape civil liability merely by asserting superior orders?
4. A department secretary is sued personally for damages from acts established to have been malicious and outside lawful a…
5. A department head is sued solely because a subordinate committed a wrongful act. The facts establish no personal miscon…
6. A domestic civil action names the actual incumbent President personally and concerns an allegedly private act. The clai…
7. A former President, whose incumbency has ended, faces a proper proceeding concerning alleged misconduct while previousl…
8. Explain the qualified civil-liability protection in Section 38(1) of the Administrative Code. Does official status make…
9. State the temporal nature of presidential immunity from domestic suit, including Nepomuceno's treatment of official and…
10. A subordinate willfully commits an act contrary to law under a superior's instructions. Explain why the instructions al…
11. Under Administrative Code Section 38(2), what period governs performance of a duty when no law or regulation fixes one?
12. Under Section 38(2), unjustified neglect of a duty within the applicable period can make a public officer liable for wh…