Perceptions of law practitioners in the crimes of estafa and theft

• Main Author: Abaquita, Gideon Florante A., Jr.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Theft—Law and legislation—Philippines; Swindlers and swindling—Philippines; Criminal Law
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6932
• Institution: De La Salle University

The Revised Penal Code was enacted during the early 1930s. The mode of punishment in theft and estafa, economic grades, were based on the value of money during those times. These days, the value of money has inflated through the years, yet the law remains the same. One thing is clear—the value of Ph...