Projects
Re-Inventing Canon Law: Teaching the Decretals After Trent KU Leuven
This work aims to assess the impact in Louvain of the profound changes that affected canon law on a global scale in the wake of Reformation and Counter-Reformation movements. The reception of the decrees of the Council of Trent will be at the heart of the research. This study will concentrate on the lecture practice and canon law scholarship of two major canonists in Louvain during its Golden Age: Petrus Peckius and Andreas Vallensis.
Politique des Réunions and International 'Cannon' Law: Law or(and) power politics? KU Leuven
The research is conducted as one part of the efforts of understanding the legitimation and legal process of border formation between sovereign states in the age of the classical law of nations in Europe. By case study on Chambers de Réunions around Metz and comparative study of border formation in China, the research aims at exploring how states achieve as well as implement the principle of exclusive territorial jurisdiction (of law making, ...
Proposed Research Title: The Ideological and Textual Research on Mozi’s Edition Compiled in the Yongle Canon KU Leuven
The Yongle Canon is the first and largest encyclopedia in the world which has only 815 volumes left. In 1986, Zhonghua Shuju中華書局 published a photocopy of the Yongle Canon’s 797 volumes. The 10th book preserved the whole catalogs of 22877 volumes, in which edited two lost volumes:“ Volume 54, ‘Shangtong’<尙同> chapter of Mozi《墨子》” and “Volume 1814, the Mohism墨家”. According to the Index of the Yongle Canon《永樂大典索引》, there are four existing ...
A critical exploration of canon 1397§2 throughout history and its application in Scotland KU Leuven
This thesis will explore the meaning of “procure a complete abortion” (canon 1397§2) with particular regard to abortions carried out after the 16th week of pregnancy which normally involves a medically induced labour. Canon 1397§2 states that “anyone who procures a completed abortion incurs a latae sententiae excommunication”. However, there is no evidence based consensus as to the meaning of procuring an abortion. Available ...
The Obligation to Report: The Relationship between Article 3 and 4 of VELM and the Prescriptions of Canon 1548 §2 KU Leuven
For the past few decades, the Roman Catholic Church has experienced the excruciating pain of the sexual scandals of abuse of minors and vulnerable adults by clerics. The situation has caused considerable damage, particularly to the priesthood and its hierarchy. From 2001 to date, the Church has tried to restore justice and repair scandal by enacting new legislation to protect the aforementioned individuals and by promulgating new norms, for ...
The recent renewal of canonical penal law. A legal-social approach. KU Leuven
The penal law within the Latin Catholic Church is in full evolution.
The new norms concerning the most serious delicts, reserved for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), were promulgated on 30 April 2001 by Pope John Paul II in his Motu Proprio "Sacramentorum Sanctitatis Tutela" (abbreviated as normae SST) and during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI the canon law was further renewed. On 21 May 2010, the CDF issued a ...
The Medieval Foundations of International Law : Baldus de Ubaldis (1327-1400), doctrine and practice of the ius gentium. KU Leuven
In order to understand the concepts and principles from which early-modern international law was developed and present-day international law is ultimately derived, an insight into the Medieval Western civil law tradition is essential. So far, a general and systematic study of Medieval legal scholarship on issues of international law has not been attempted. The project will provide a substantial contribution to that long-term aim through a ...
Innovation through Education. Pioneering Change in Law and Theology in Louvain’s Golden Age KU Leuven
The Canonical Legislation of Interfaith Marriages (Canon 1086) in the Context of Religious Pluralism in North East India KU Leuven
The research is an attempt to analyze the canonical law on interfaith marriage (canon 1086) in the light of the India's Special Marriage Act, 1954. Interfaith marriages are a sociological fact and are increasingly common among people of different religions. It is a culturally sensitive issue in countries with a strong tradition of endogamous marriage. For example, it leads to major challenges in multi-religious India, where religious ...