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.