Practice question
A proposed measure titled Court Filing Procedure changes who legally owns a debt and erases one party’s underlying entitlement, while another provision merely changes the form for asserting the claim. Which approach is best?
- Classify everything as procedural because of the title
- Classify everything as substantive because a court is mentioned
- Ignore the legal effect and use the document’s length
- Examine the provisions separately: alteration of the entitlement differs from the method of enforcing it
- The drafter’s preference is conclusive
Legal references
- Estipona, G.R.226679, August15 2017; Constitution ArticleVIII Section5(5): https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/aug2017/gr_226679_2017.html
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