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Canon Law 701 History of Canon Law History of Jurisprudence: The Catholic Tradition |
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Mon.-Wed. 9:10-10:25 AM Classroom: Pangborn 303 Office Hours: M-W 11:00-12:00 (416 Law)
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Offices:
413 Caldwell Hall Tel. 319-6264 416 Law School Tel. 319-5150 Home tel.: 202-547-3620 Email:
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Required books:
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Ken Pennington, A Short History of Canon Law from Apostolic Times to 1917
Pennington, Bishops and their Dioceses
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Email RequirementI want to hear from you regularly by Email, at least once a week. This is a requirement of the course. In your first message to me, I would like to know something about yourself and why you are interested in law.
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| We will not meet on October 7th and October 9th --- and on October 14th (University Holiday). We will also not meet on Nov. 6th, Nov. 11th and Nov. 13th. | Please email me as soon as possible to both
my email addresses:
pennington@cua.edu and kenneth.pennington3@verizon.net We will be using email this semester, and I want to have a listserve for the class at CUA and at home.
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Lecture Topics:
1. The Birth of a Legal System
De Weil, pp. 11-75; Brundage, pp. 1-31; Pennington, A Short History; Council of Nicaea; Early Papal Decretals; Roman Law and Canon Law, Carolingian Canonical Collections
General Bibliography for the History of Canon Law
2. The Gregorian Reform (Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries)
De Weil, pp. 76-99; Brundage, pp.31-43, Pennington, Bishops and their Dioceses
3. Gratian and the Beginnings of Canonical Jurisprudence
De Weil, pp. 99-109; Brundage, pp. 44-55, Gratian, The Treatise on Laws (Decretum DD. 1-20), Gratian and the Decretals, Marriage Law, translated by Noonan and Thompson, Pennington, A Short History; K. Pennington, Natural Law
Pope Innocent III and Marriage Decretals
Decretales of Pope Gregory IX Book 4 title 2
4. Canon Law in the Late Middle Ages
Biographies of Important Canonists:
Nicholaus de Tudeschis (Panormitanus)
Pennington, A Short History; De Weil, pp. 109-134; Brundage, pp. 55-69
5. Canonical Jurisprudence and the Emergence of the Idea of Rights
Brundage, 70-189; Pennington, "The History of Rights
in Western Thought," Emory Law Journal 47 (1998) 237-252
K. Pennington,
"Innocent
Until Proven Guilty: The Origins of a Legal Maxim" and
"Sovereignty
and Rights in Medieval and Early Modern Jurisprudence: Law and Norms without a
State"
6. Modern Canon Law
The Codification of Canon Law 1225-1917
Pennington, A Short History; De Weil, pp.135-180
Each student will be required to write two essays. The first will be due at mid-semester and will be on some aspect of the material covered by Lecture Topics 1-3. The second will be due by December 15th.
