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Aug 4, 2009 criminal-law rape acts-of-lasciviousness revised-penal-code jurisprudence cohabitation

Marital Cohabitation and Consensual Acts: Rape and Acts of Lasciviousness in Philippine Law

The Supreme Court clarifies when cohabitation does not imply consent, and how rape and acts of lasciviousness are distinguished in Philippine criminal law.