Peacemaking and the Canon Law of the Catholic Church / / Charles J. Reid, Jr.

• Superior document: Brill Research Perspectives in International Law Series
• VerfasserIn: Reid, Jr., Charles J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill research perspectives in Jesuit studies.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (259 pages)

The Catholic Church has a deep and rich history of promoting peacemaking - both among states and among private parties. This book draws together disparate strands of this historical record - papal diplomacy, arbitration of private disputes, reconciliation - into a single compelling synthesis.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Part 1: Introduction -- Part 2: The Hundred Years War and Papal Diplomacy -- 2.1 High Papalism -- 2.2 The Great Western Schism -- 2.3 Pope Martin V -- 2.4 Pope Martin V and the Hundred Years War -- 2.5 The Significance of Martin V's Negotiations -- 2.6 Medieval Arbitration in Context -- Part 3: Modern Papal Diplomacy: Pope Leo XIII to Pope Francis -- 3.1 Pope Pius IX and the Collapse of the Papal State -- 3.1.1 The Election of Pope Leo XIII -- 3.2 The Church in Crisis: Leo's Response -- 3.3 Spain, Germany, and the Caroline Islands -- 3.4 Pope Leo XIII Mediates the Caroline Islands Dispute -- 3.5 The Theory Behind Leo's Mediation -- 3.6 Papal Peacemaking since Pope Leo XIII -- 3.6.1 Pope Benedict XV -- 3.6.2 St. John Paul II -- 3.6.2.1 The Beagle Channel -- 3.6.2.2 St. John Paul II and the American War on Iraq -- 3.6.3 Pope Francis -- 3.6.3.1 Personalistic Peacemaking -- 3.6.3.2 Early Commitment to South Sudan -- 3.6.3.3 Vatican Negotiations, 2019 -- 3.6.3.4 Papal Pilgrimage, February, 2023 -- Part 4: Alternative Dispute Resolution and the 1917 Code of Canon Law -- 4.1 Codification and the Spirit of Nineteenth-Century European Law -- 4.2 The Codification Movement and the Canon Law -- 4.2.1 The Paradox Stated -- 4.2.2 Codification Comes to the Catholic Church -- 4.2.3 The Task and Accomplishment of Cardinal Pietro Gasparri -- 4.3 The Promulgation of the 1917 Code of Canon Law -- 4.4 The 1917 Code of Canon Law: A Descriptive Summary -- 4.5 The Canons on Alternative Dispute Resolution -- 4.6 De transactione ("On Settlements") (Canons 1925-1928) -- 4.6.1 Valde optandum -- 4.6.2 Contentiosa controversia -- 4.6.3 Inter fideles -- 4.6.4 The Role of the Judge in Canon 1925 -- 4.6.4.1 Iudex (The Judge) -- 4.6.4.2 Exhortationes adhibeat -- 4.6.4.3 Quae privatum eorum bonum respiciat.

4.6.5 The Teachings of the Commentators -- 4.6.6 How Canon 1925 Might Have Worked -- 4.6.7 Why Canon 1925? Resolving a Paradox -- 4.7 De compromisso in arbitros ("On Compromise through Arbitration") (Canons 1929-1932) -- 4.7.1 Canon 1929: Structure and Function -- 4.7.2 Arbiter vel Arbitrator? -- 4.7.3 De bono et aequo -- 4.8 Significance of Alternative Dispute Resolution in the 1917 Code of Canon Law -- Part 5: The Second Vatican Council, Due Process, and the Extra-judicial Review of Administrative Acts -- 5.1 The Breakup of the Old Political Order and the Coming of the New -- 5.2 The Theological Transformation of the Twentieth Century -- 5.3 Vatican Council II and a Renewed and Updated Ecclesiology -- 5.3.1 Lumen Gentium -- 5.3.2 Christus Dominus -- 5.3.3 The Felt Necessity for a New Code of Canon Law -- 5.4 Meanwhile, in America, a Sudden and Intense Interest in Due Process -- 5.5 A Constitution for the Church? -- 5.6 Report of the ad hoc Committee on Due Process -- 5.7 Conciliation and Arbitration: The Canon Law Society's Proposals -- 5.7.1 Conciliation -- 5.7.2 Arbitration -- 5.7.3 The Judicial Process -- 5.7.3.1 Summary -- 5.8 Nihil obstat -- 5.9 The 1983 Code of Canon Law: Declaration of Rights -- 5.10 On Recourse against Administrative Acts -- 5.10.1 Canon 1732 -- 5.10.2 Canon 1733, sec. 1 -- 5.10.2.1 Clause One -- 5.10.2.2 Clause Two -- 5.10.2.3 Clause Three -- 5.10.2.4 Clause Four -- 5.10.3 Canon 1733, sec. 1: Significance -- 5.11 Conciliation, Mediation, and the Informal Resolution of Ecclesiastical Disputes Today -- 5.11.1 The United States -- 5.11.2 India -- 5.11.3 The Benelux Countries -- 5.11.4 Nigeria -- 5.11.5 Observations -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Arbitration and Mediation of Private Disputes under the 1983 Code of Canon Law -- Comparisons and Contrasts, 1917 and 1983.

Conciliation, Arbitration, Compromise, and the 1983 Code of Canon Law: Some Hypothetical Cases -- Closing Parish Schools -- The Catholic Newspaper Editor -- At-Will Employment -- Three-Year Employment Contract with Liquidated-Damages Clause -- The Seriously Catholic Couple and Their Tragic Divorce -- The Case of the Two Protestant Pastors -- Litigation between Two Catholic Institutions in an International Context -- The Trail Smelter Case Revisited in the Light of Laudato Sí -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Journalistic Sources -- Cases Cited.