CUA Press is proud to announce the CUA Studies in Canon Law. In conjunction with the School of Canon Law of the Catholic University of America, we are making available, both digitally and in print, more than 400 canon law dissertations from the 1920s to 1960s, many of which have long been unavailable. These volumes are rich in historical content, ......
The Spatial Politics of Idolatry and Magic in Colonial Mexico
For the Spanish colonizers of Mexico in the sixteenth century, the concept of 'excess' - even the word itself - covered a multitude of sins, including idolatry and magic. In Sins of Excess, Anderson Hagler uses the language of excess as a lens for examining how the colonizers of New Spain conflated cultural diversity into a superficially - and ......
Offers new perspectives on freedom of conscience and religious liberty by tracing their origins to the Middle Ages, thereby challenging the common assumption that these core tenets of modernity were products of the Enlightenment Deeply committed to the formation of a just and sacred society, medieval theologians and canonists developed ......
Surviving in three ninth-century manuscripts, the collection of canon law known as the Collectio 400 capitulorum is a remarkable and understudied witness to the scholarly vitality of the Carolingian period. Its 404 chapters offer ecclesiastical rules and moral guidelines taken from an unusually wide variety of authoritative sources. In addition to ......
Studies Offered in Honor of Father Robert J. Kaslyn, SJ (1956-2019)
On March 13, 2019, five years ago, Fr. Robert Kaslyn S.J., passed away. He was a dear friend, colleague, mentor and so much more to many. In honor of him, his colleagues, former students, and friends from the academy and beyond honor him and his legacy with a festschrift dedicated to him. Because his outreach went beyond the field of canon law, ......
This monograph addresses the history of canon law in Western Europe between ca. 1000 and ca. 1150, specifically the collections compiled and the councils held in that time. The main part consists of an analysis of all major collections, taking into account their formal and material sources, the social and political context of their origin, the ......
After inquisitorial procedure was introduced at the Fourth Lateran Council in Rome in 1215 (the same year as England's first Magna Carta), virtually all court trials initiated by bishops and their subordinates were inquisitions. That meant that accusers were no longer needed. Rather, the judges themselves leveled charges against persons when they ......
Although several other scholars have attempted editions of parts of the earlier recension of the Decretum, no edition has been produced that is as long, as complete, or as fully sourced as this one. It is a milestone of canonical scholarship and deserves to be pondered and celebrated."" - Ecclesiastical Law Journal
Father Ignacio Gordon, SJ, and His Contribution to the Discipline of Canonical Procedural Law
Father Ignacio Gordon, SJ, taught canon law (the Catholic Church's law) from 1960 until 1985 at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, with a concentration on procedural law, or the laws on trials. By all testimonies, he was outstanding for the clarity of his teaching, his humble affection for his students, his indefatigable and hidden ......
