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The Canon Law: Letters and Spirit

By: Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Geoffrey Chapman
ISBN: 0225668815
ISBN-13: 9780225668810
Released: 21 Oct 1999
RRP: £60.00
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Pastoral and Scholarly - By: tishdugan@aol.com, 04 Aug 2001
This is a Commentary on the revised Code of Canon Law which was promulgated by the Roman Catholic Church in 1983. This particular Commentary is a joint endeavor by the Canon Law Society of Great Britain & Ireland, & the Canadian Canon Law Society. The authors are some of the finest canonists in the English speaking world. Their approach is both pastoral & scholarly. That is, every commentator makes an educated & obvious effort to provide practical answers to contemporary problems of the Christian Faithful today. This is not the first Commentary on the revised Code, but that has an added advantage. It includes the benefit of twelve years of public reaction to the Code, once it was enacted to succeed the previous Code of 1917. The word "Catholic" means universal. I cannot think of any other Code of Law that has jurisdiction alll over the world. To provide an organized & comprehensive Commentary on such a Code is a work of staggering proportion. These professional & learned Societies have completed this work & made a tremendous contribution to Catholic Church intellect.
A superb canonical resource in every respect. - By: , 05 Dec 1997
A detailed & extensive, but still quite readable, commentary on alll 1,752 canons of the 1983 Code of Canon Law. Already highly-regarded by practicing canon lawyers, this book is finding an increasing audience among laity who appreciate its accessible language & obvious commitment to accuracy. Written some ten years after the new Code went into effect, this book benefits by having alllowed some post-Vatican II dust to settle & by being able to watch how some of the newer canons were going to be applied in actual Church life. I consider this work one of staples of canonical practice, & I use it on a nearly daily basis.