Philippine Penal Code

Author: Yang Jiaqing
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Publication Date: 2006-12-01
Features: The "Foreign Criminal Code Translation Series" is committed to tracking the cutting-edge dynamics of criminal legislation in various countries across the two legal systems, promptly introducing the latest achievements and value concepts of global criminal legislation to the Chinese public. "A stone from a distant mountain can be used to polish jade." We are already living in the information age! We must maximize the acquisition of information! Therefore, extensively and comprehensively absorbing the experience of foreign criminal legislation is of great importance for "practicing the rule of law in practice and building a socialist rule-of-law state," improving China's criminal legislation and judiciary, or promoting criminal law research in China. The "Revised Criminal Code of the Philippines" is quite detailed and specific in its provisions, ranging from fundamental principles of criminal law to the application of penalties and specific offenses. Because the Philippines was successively colonized by Spain and the United States, its legal system is a hybrid of the civil law system and the common law system. The "Revised Criminal Code of the Philippines" was revised in 1930 during the period of U.S. colonial rule and is primarily based on the 1870 "Spanish Criminal Code," with minimal influence from the United States. Only some provisions related to the Spanish political system were modified, and it has been used ever since. The legislative techniques and legislative value of this code undoubtedly offer valuable insights for China's criminal law academia. To facilitate readers, this book has selectively translated some relevant criminal amendment bills and supplementary bills.