Criminal Law

It is a school of thought wherein the the basis of criminal liability is human free will.

It is a school of thought wherein the basis for criminal liability is the sum total of the social and economic phenomena to which the offense is expressed.

According to this principle, the RPC is not generally applicable to mala prohibita crimes however,

when a SPL adopts the technical nomenclature of the penalties under RPC, the intention of the law

is to adopt the provisions of RPC in respect to imposition of penalty.

This principle states that penal laws shall be obligatory upon

all who live and sojourn in the Philippine territory.

Diplomats are vested with _______ diplomatic immunity.

This type of crime is not inherently wrong but is only wrong because it is prohibited.

The exception to the exception of the Simon Principle states that when the offender

is a ______________, the penalty for acts punishable by life imprisonment to death

shall be converted to reclusion perpetua to death.

This constitutional clause states that no person shall be held to answer

for a criminal offense without due process of law.

It literally translates in English as "there is no crime when there is

no law punishing it".

This principle states that the place of the commission of the crime

and the occurrence of any of its effects shall be the basis for the

territorial jurisdiction of Philippine courts.