The right to due process in the church
Subtitle: a comparative ecclesiastical approach
By: Rik Torfs (ed.).
Contributors: Torfs, Rik, editor; Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven (1970- ). Faculteit Kerkelijk Recht
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leuven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9789042927407
Subjects: Due process of law; Comparative canon law; Judicial process (Canon law); Anglican Communion
Description: In the aftermath of Vatican II, questions concerning due process were not among the main issues debated in canon law. Other topics dominated, including participation, the status of lay people, collegiality. Marriage was a covenant, not a contract. The Church was a community, not an institution. A plea for a more prominent role of canon law was perceived as a lack of true pastoral spirit. Theologians often argued that the Church had to offer more than just law, while it used to be less. Today, the situation changed, though not completely, and at times with a lot of reluctance. This book offers various contributions on due process: the functioning of the Apostolic Signatura and other tribunals within the Roman Catholic Church; an historical overview of due process, covering the evolution over many centuries; the Anglican ideas, norms and traditions; the Reformed perspective. A final address by professor Rik Torfs contributes to the scientific development of church law, and offers practical suggestions to the ecclesial world. --From the Introduction.
Notes: At head of title: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Faculteit Kerkelijk Recht. Faculty of Canon Law.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Due process: introduction  -- R. Torfs; title: The apostolic signature and the tribunals of the Roman Catholic Church  -- F. Daneels; title: Historical aspects on the right to due process in the Church from the period of Charlemagne to the CIC/1917  -- M. Pulte; title: The origins of natural justice and procedural fairness in Anglican canon law  -- P. Barber; title: Due judicial process as a principle of Anglican canon law and in the clergy discipline tribunals of the Church of England  -- M. Hill; title: Constitution and church order: legal representation in Reformed ecclesiastical inquiries?  -- P. Coertzen; title: Due process in society and church -- R. Torfs.