• Review of R.H. Helmholz, The Spirit of the Classical Canon Law (1996)

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2001
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, History, Church history, Canon law, Middle Ages
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    R.H. helmholz, Roman Law, ius commune, Papal Law
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/2zkt-4s78
    Abstract:
    This work is a learned and lively account of the law of the medieval Catholic Church and the hundreds of learned commentaries and texts on these church laws, written by the jurists. R. H. Helmholz, leading historian of medieval canon law, reads these texts as a modern inquisitor who wants to know what his ancient brethren thought and taught about the most pressing legal questions of the day – concerning marriages and their dissolution, torts and their restitution, associations and their incorporation, and much more. His work shows both the diversity of ideas within the medieval canon law texts but also the sophisticated scholarly consensus that often emerged from their dialectical interaction. Helmholz’s volume is a brilliant guide to both the letter and the spirit of medieval canon law and viewed both as a living legal system in its day and as a critical scholarly resource for the Western legal tradition.
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    Pub. Date:
    2001
    Journal:
    Journal of Law and Religion
    Volume:
    16
    Page Range:
    367 - 370
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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