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

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.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Hahn, Judith (Ruhr-Universitat Hahn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781108716598
• ISBN: 978-1-108-71659-8
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Law and Christianity
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / Jurisprudence, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Ecclesiastical (canon) law, Systems of law: ecclesiastical (canon) law