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(4) The former is lost only through death, while the latter
may be restricted by causes other than death; and
(5) The former can exist without the latter, but the
latter cannot exist without the former.
What is the doctrine of implied conspiracy?
(1998)
The doctrine of implied conspiracy holds two or
more persons participating in the commission of a crime
collectively responsible and liable as co-conspirators
although absent any agreement to that effect, when they act
in concert, demonstrating unity of criminal intent and a
common purpose or objective. The existence of a
conspiracy shall be inferred or deduced from their criminal
participation in pursuing the crime and thus the act of one
shall be deemed the act of all.
What do you understand by the archipelagic doctrine?
Is this reflected in the 1987 Constitution?
The archipelagic doctrine emphasizes the unity of
land and waters by defining an archipelago either as a group
of islands surrounded by waters or a body of waters
studded with islands. For this purpose, it requires that
baselines be drawn by connecting the appropriate points of
the outermost islands to encircle the islands within the
archipelago. The waters on the landward side of the
baselines regardless of breadth or dimensions are merely
internal waters.
The archipelagic doctrine is reflected in the 1987
Constitution. Article I, Section 1 provides that the national
territory of the Philippines includes the Philippine
archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced
therein; and the waters around, between, and connecting
the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth
and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the
Philippines.
(a) "X" filed a case against the Republic of the Philippines
for damages caused his yacht, which was rammed by a navy
vessel.