Systems of law: ecclesiastical Books

Book SynopsisThis book explores how different legal systems handle a particularly difficult type of corporate wrongdoing: Catholic dioceses'' responsibility for child sexual abuse.Usually, when people think about corporate wrongdoing, they think about tax fraud, insider trading, and similar ''white-collar'' crime. As corporations, these dioceses' responsibility is distinct from that of individual perpetrators. This book is concerned with that corporate responsibility. As corporations, these dioceses' responsibility is distinct from that of individual perpetrators, and this corporate responsibility is the focus of this book.Through an analysis of cases involving dioceses that have significant documented histories of priests abusing children, the book illustrates how criminal law, canon law, tort law, bankruptcy law and an Australian Royal Commission have responded (or why they have not). The cases involve the Diocese of Ballarat, in Victoria, Australia, and the Diocese of Gallup, in northern Arizona and New Mexico, in the USA. Each diocese faced similar claims in a diverse field of legal systems, so very different legal systems were handling, in essence, the same cases in dissimilar contexts. A novel interdisciplinary approach, the book traces the theories, purposes, doctrines, procedures, and logistics of engaging with these different legal systemsevaluating what they can and cannot do. Revitalising theories of responsive law, the book demonstrates that it is possible for legal systems to better hold not just Catholic dioceses, but corporations more generally, to account for wrongdoing, but we may need to re-think how those systems are structured.

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Book SynopsisThe canon law literature of the period after the Decretals of pope Gregory IX (1234) has not been investigated systematically since vol. II of the renowned manual by J. F. von Schulte (1877). The 18 papers collected in this book, originally published between 1971 and 2005, scattered in many specialized periodicals, cover a wide range of canon law texts, including prominent authors as Innocent IV, Hostiensis, Duranti. They are all drawing from a fresh assessment of the manuscript tradition and a critical review of relevant scholarship. The reprinted articles are supplemented by substantial additions and completed by a series of new Exkursus. The presentation of abundant manuscript materials makes up for a sort of reference book, which will be indispensable for any further research in the canon law tradition of the 13th and 14th centuries.Table of ContentsVorbemerkungen ... xi Nachweise der Erstverö_fentlichungen ... xv Abkürzungen, Literatur, Zitierweise ... xvii I.Aus kanonistischen Handschriften der Periode 1234 bis 1298 ... 1 II.Kanonistische Quaestionensammlungen von Bartholomaeus Brixiensis bis Johannes Andreae ... 19 III.Casus legum sive su_fragia monachorum. Legistische Hilfsmittel für Kanonisten im späteren Mittelalter (unter Mitarbeit von Marguerite Duynstee) ... 37 IV.Clementinenkommentare des 14.Jahrhunderts ... 91 V.Kanonistische Handschriften im mittelalterlichen Schweden... 109 VI.Der Dekretalenapparat des Go_fredus Tranensis ... 157 VII.Nochmals zum Dekretalenapparat des Go_fredus Tranensis ... 163 VIII.Gallecia unde duxi originem. Johannes Hispanus Compostellanus (de Petesella) und seine Dekretalensumme (ca.1235/36) ... 183 IX.Der Liber quaestionum des Johannes de Deo (1248) ... 213 X.Angebliche Originale des Dekretalenapparats Innozenz’ IV... 263 XI.Zwei vorläu_ge Textstufen des Dekretalenapparats Papst Innozenz’ IV... 271 XII.Handschriften und Drucke des Dekretalenkommentars (sog.Lectura) des Hostiensis ... 319 XIII.Pierre de Sampson et Bernard de Montmirat. Deux canonistes français du XIIIe siècle ... 343 XIV.Johannes de Ancona. Ein Jurist des 13.Jahrhunderts in den Kreuzfahrerstaaten ... 375 XV.Zur wissenschaftlichen Bearbeitung der Konstitutionen Gregors X... 393 XVI.Le commentaire de Guillaume Durand sur les constitutions du deuxième concile de Lyon ... 401 XVII.Kirchenrechtliche Vorlesungen aus Orléans (1285/7) ... 413 XVIII.Matheus Angeli Johannis Cinthii. Un commentatore romano delle Clementine e lo Studium Urbis nel 1320 (zusammen mit Andreas Rehberg) ... 435 Nachtrage und Berichtigungen I–XVIII ... 467 Exkurse ... 515 1.Zum Frontispizbild und zum Motto, S.517.– 2.Massenhaft überlieferte kanonistische Texte aus der Periode 1234–1298, S.520.– 3.Überlieferung der Novellen Papst Innozenz’ IV.bis zur Collectio I, S.521.– 4.Zur Entwicklung der Glossa Ordinaria des Bernardus Parmensis, S.525.– 5.Zur Entstehung, Verbreitung und Benutzung des Dekretalenapparats Papst Innozenz’IV., S.528: 5.1.Eine dritte vorläufige Textstufe des Apparats, 5.2.Die Familie Fieschi als Besitzer und Vermittler des originale Innocentii, 5.3.Das originale, 5.4.Additiones, 5.5.Hilfsmittel zur Benutzung des Apparats.– 6.Zur Quaestionensammlung des Bartholomaeus Brixiensis, S.547.– 7.Johannes de Deo, Summula super electione, S.549.– 8.Manfredus de Arzago, S.550.– 9.Johannes de Ancona, De summaria cognitione, S.552.– 10.Petrus de Salinis, S.556.– 11.Princivallis Mediolanensis, S.558.– 12.Gerardus de Cutriaco und die Pariser Dekretistik zwischen 1219 und 1300, S.559.– 13.Konstitutionen Gregors X.mit Abweichungen von der kurialen Sammlung, S.561.– 14.Kommentatoren der Konstitutionen Gregors X., S.563 Summaries ... 567 Register 1.Handschriften und Frühdrucke ... 579 1.1.Datierte Handschriften ... 597 1.2.Handschriften des Liber Extra ... 597 1.3.Frühdrucke ... 598 2.Initia ... 601 2.1.Quaestionen(sammlungen) ... 612 3.Dekretalen, Konstitutionen, Sammlungen ... 616 4.Autoren und Texte ... 619 4.1.Anonyme Texte ... 627 4.2.Quaestionen ... 629 4.3.Additiones ... 631 4.4.Nichtjuristische Autoren ... 633 5.Sonstige Personen ... 634 5.1.Magister, Doktoren, Professoren ... 638 5.2.Schreiber ... 641 inhaltsverzeichnis ix 5.3.Herausgeber, Verleger, Drucker ... 641 5.4.Mittelalterliche Besitzer von Handschriften ... 641 6.Orte ... 644 7.Sachen, Begri_fe, Glossar ... 650 7.1.Vermischtes ... 653

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Book SynopsisThroughout Europe, the exercise of justice rests on judicial independence by impartiality. In Reason and Fairness Ulrike Müßig reveals the combination of ordinary judicial competences with procedural rationality, together with the complementarity of procedural and substantive justice, as the foundation for the ‘rule of law’ in court constitution, far earlier than the advent of liberal constitutionalism. The ECHR fair trial guarantee reads as the historically-grown consensus of the functional judicial independence. Both before historical and contemporary courts, justice is done and seen to be done by means of judgements, whose legal requirements combine the equation of ‘fair’ and ‘legal’ with that of ‘legal’ and ‘rational.’ This legal determinability of the judge’s fair attitude amounts to the specific (rational) European idea of justice.Trade Review'Ulrike Müßig’s book blazes an original trail along a fruitful path of contemporary legal historiography: the past is revisited in the light of the present day, paying particular attention to current legal mechanisms. [...] this type of enquiry certainly leads to interesting results, which will undoubtedly spark discussion and thus carry forward research. It is to be hoped that this book will open up an international debate into the methods and purposes of comparative historical legal research, as the author’s background as a constitutionalist enables her to illustrate classical issues from a fresh perspective.' Annamaria Monti (Università Bocconi), in: Comparative Legal History, 2020, pp. 1-3. '[this] is a work of impressive scope. This substantially expanded third edition, newly accessible to an English-speaking readership, traces the history of the notion of fair judicial process in a quest to understand what makes a “legally competent judge”. However, Judiciary as constituted power is more than just a comparative European history of justice. It is also a fine analysis of contemporary British and French court systems, as well as the fair trial guarantees provided by Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. [...] We cannot but agree with Professor Müßig’s conclusion that Europe is united through a specific European idea of justice.' Angelika Nußberger & Guido Raimondi (President and Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights), in the Foreword to this volume. 'For anyone wishing to understand the modern European conception of the judicial role, this work provides a valuable explanation of its origins in the historical development of the judiciary in three of Europe’s most influential legal systems. It also explains the ways in which the judicial role varies in different European societies, and the historical reasons for those variations: variations which, in my experience, can sometimes give rise to mutual bafflement and misunderstanding when judges from different countries gather together. Its publication is greatly to be welcomed.' Robert Reed, The Supreme Court, in the Preface to this volume. "Die Arbeit gehört ohne Zweifel zu den grundlegenden Werken, die in letzter Zeit im Bereich der vergleichenden Rechtsgeschichte geschrieben worden sind". Ignacio Czeguhn, in Beck Online , 2020.

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Book SynopsisNew Discourses in Medieval Canon Law Research offers a new narrative for medieval canon law history which avoids the pitfall of teleological explanations by taking seriously the multiplicity of legal development in the Middle Ages and the divergent interests of the actors involved. The contributors address the still dominant ‘master narrative’, mainly developed by Paul Fournier and enshrined in his magisterial Histoire de collections canoniques. They present new research on pre-Gratian canon collection, Gratian’s Decretum, decretal collections, but also hagiography, theology, and narrative sources challenging the standard account; a separate chapter is devoted to Fournier’s model and its genesis. New Discourses thus brings together specialized research and broader questions of who to write the history of church law in the Middle Ages. Contributors are Greta Austin, Katheleen G. Cushing, Stephan Dusil, Tatsushi Genka, John S. Ott, Christof Rolker, Danica Summerlin, Andreas Thier and John C. Wei.Trade Review"...the valuable historiographical and methodological reflection provided in this volume makes it a must-read for anyone interested in canon law, theology, and church history in the eleventh and twelfth centuries". John Burden, in The Medieval Review 20.05.05 (2020). The full review is accessible at this link: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/tmr/index. "Christof Rolker has edited an excellent volume of essays on research on canon law in the long twelfth century [...] this volume represents an important engagement and challenge to long-standing assumptions. Every scholar of law and the papacy in this period should consult the volume, and it should give sobriety and pause to those wishing to make a long-lasting mark on scholarship". Atria A. Larson, in Speculum 95/3, July 2020.Table of ContentsContents Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction  Christof Rolker and Andreas Thier 1 Fournier’s Model and Its Merits  Christof Rolker 2 Law and Reform: The Transmission of Burchard of Worms’ Liber decretorum  Kathleen G. Cushing 3 New Narratives for the Gregorian Reform  Greta Austin 4 Clerical Networks and Canon Law: The Beauvais Election Controversy of 1100–04  John S. Ott 5 The Role of Hagiography in the Development of Canon Law in the Reform Era  Tatsushi Genka 6 Of Scholasticism and Canon Law: Narratives Old and New  John C. Wei 7 The Decretum of Gratian: A Janus-Faced Collection  Stephan Dusil 8 Using the ‘Old Law’ in Twelfth-Century Decretal Collections  Danica Summerlin 9 Canon Law before Gratian: A Bibliographical Appendix  Christof Rolker General Index

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