Overview
Law, Person, and Community: Philosophical, Theological, and Comparative Perspectives on Canon Law takes up the fundamental question "What is law?" through a consideration of the interrelation of the concepts of law, person, and community. As with the concept of law described by secular legal theorists, canon law aims to set a societal order that harmonizes the interests of individuals and communities, secures peace, guarantees freedom, and establishes justice. At the same time, canon law rests upon a traditional understanding of the spiritual end of the human person and religious nature of community.
- | Author: John J. O. F. M. Coughlin
- | Publisher: OUP Us
- | Publication Date: Mar 16, 2012
- | Number of Pages: 320 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0199756775
- | ISBN-13: 9780199756773
