Church Law in Modernity - Toward a Theory of Canon Law Between Nature and Culture

Discusses natural law as a traditional but highly contested source of canon law.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Nature as a source of validity for religious law; 2. Questions from a canonist's point of view; 3. Canon law between nature and culture; 4. Consequences for developing the law; 5. Conclusion.

About the author

Judith Hahn is a Catholic theologian and Professor of Canon Law at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany. In 2015 and 2016, she was a Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Center 'Law as Culture', Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, and she has published extensively on legal theory, law and religion, and Church and State.

Summary

This book discusses natural law as a traditional but highly contested source of canon law. In doing so it marks a contribution to the heated debates on natural law in general and on the foundation of law, both secular or religious, in legal studies, philosophy, and ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Hahn, Judith (Ruhr-Universitat Hahn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781108483254
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48325-4
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Law and Christianity; Law and Christianity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / Jurisprudence, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Ecclesiastical (canon) law, Systems of law: ecclesiastical (canon) law