Guilty until proven innocent: A study on the constitutionality of civil forfeiture without prior criminal charge

• Main Authors: Fernandez, Johannah Marielle R., Plantilla, Immaculate Mariel C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Forfeiture > Philippines; Civil Law; Property Law and Real Estate
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5612
• Institution: De La Salle University

This research will look into, and then seek to resolve the constitutional conflicts in the Rules on Civil Forfeiture (Sec 27 and 28), allowing a proceeding for civil forfeiture to prosper without prior criminal charge or conviction of an individual, allegedly possessing ill-gotten wealth.As it is be...