Canon law a comparative study with Anglo-American legal theory
John J. Coughlin.
- New York Oxford University Press 2011.
- xix, 226 p. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An overview of canon law -- Canon law and the sexual abuse crisis : antinomianism, legalism, and the failure of the rule of law -- Canon law and the sex abuse crisis continued : the consequences of the failure of the rule of law -- Church property : a comparison of the theories of property in canon law and liberal theory -- Church property continued : the diocese and parish; canon law and state law -- Indeterminancy in canon law : the refusal of holy communion to catholic public officials : canon 915: "a central case" -- The indeterminacy claim continued : canon 915 : "a doubtful or hard case"?.