Projects

Sanction law in the Church is evolving. This applies to both the substantive norms as well as criminal procedure law.

After a lot of legislative work, especially during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II (Sacramentorum Sanctitatis Tutela - 2001) and Pope Benedict XVI (Delicta graviora - 2010) , the codification of Book VI is being tackled. This is crucial since without codification one would need to check all the individual laws and ...

All the baptized form the ‘People of God.’ By the fact of baptism we are incorporated into God (internal forum) and into the People of God (external forum). As people of God, we are persons in the Church. Persons who are baptized and in communion with the Roman Catholic Church are the subjects of rights and obligations in the community. That means we have a juridic personhood. We have official standing in the Church’s system of rules (c. 96). ...

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.

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 ...

The research is an attempt to analyze the canonical law on mixed marriage in the light of the 1954 Indian Special Marriage Act. Mixed 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 affiliation, in addition to the ...

This thesis will explore the meaning of “procure a complete abortion” (canon 1398) with particular regard to abortions carried out after the 16th week of pregnancy which normally involves a medically induced labour. Canon 1398 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 relationship between the diocesan Bishops and the Religious is unique. The CIC 1983 specifically mentions the autonomy of the Religious Congregation (PC 2b) (can. 586), whereas Cann. 609-616, and 678-683 mention the role of the diocesan Bishops in the life and ministry of the Religious. Even though, the CIC 1983 has given the Religious congregations their autonomy; it has also put them under the authority of the ...

This dissertation evaluates the legality and justice of the 2002 rescript authorizing the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith “to derogate from the terms of prescription on a case-by-case basis.”

Chapter two investigates the juridic foundations of the institute of extinctive prescription and provides an historical overview of its raison d’être. The results suggest that the positive law right not to be accused of a crime ...