Canon Law and the Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis: The Failure of the Rule of Law

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Coughlin
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Canon Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Sex Abuse ◽  
Clergy Sex Abuse

scholarly journals Jurisprudence of Love in Paul’s Letter to the Romans

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Neoh
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Canon Law ◽  
Free Love ◽  
Christian Community ◽  
Human Actions ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Radical Ideal ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Political Imaginary

Paul proclaims that Christ is the end of law. The new Christian community promises to be a community sustained not by law, but by love. His zeal for love reinforces his proclamation of Christ as the end of law, for love is lawless, literally outside of law. In contrast to Moses who establishes the rule of law on Mount Sinai, Paul proclaims the power of love over law and asserts the inherent lawlessness of love. Legal rules predict human behaviour; but love makes human actions unpredictable. Legal rules dictate outcomes; but love is, by definition, free. However, inasmuch as love is free, love is also fleeting. According to Paul, Christianity marks the end of law and the dawn of love, but it does not take long for the first church council to be formed and decrees to be issued. The promise of a lawless community ends up with codes of canon law. The modern political state carries with it this ancient theological baggage. We inherit from Paul a particular cognitive dissonance: we dream in the language of love, but speak in the language of law. The radical ideal of love as the ultimate negation of law remains a powerful eschatological vision in our theo-political imaginary.

Changing the rule of law

IEE Review ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Clifford Gray
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law

Changing the rule of law

IEE Review ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
H. Aspden
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law

A Review of the Electoral Process under Ghana's Fourth Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-377
Author(s):  
Lydia A. Nkansah ◽  
Delali A. Gawu
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Electoral Process ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Members Of Parliament ◽  
Electoral Cycle ◽  
Fourth Republic ◽  
General Elections ◽  
Election Results

There have been seven general elections, under Ghana's Fourth Republic, to elect presidents and members of parliament. There are laws regulating the electoral process and election results have generally been accepted and, in a few cases, challenged through the laid-down process. Elections in Ghana are nonetheless reportedly flawed with irregularities tainting the outcome and creating tensions and sometimes pockets of violence. This article examines the electoral process under Ghana's Fourth Republic, namely the adoption of regulations for each electoral cycle, voters’ registration and the voters’ register, nomination of aspirants, voting, counting of votes and declaration of the results. To ensure the integrity of the electoral process, the laws regulating elections should comply with the dictates of the procedural requirements of the rule of law and the Electoral Commission's actions must be consistent with these laws.

Samuel Beckett and the Rule of Law

1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-72
Author(s):  
Phil Baker
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Samuel Beckett ◽  
The Rule Of Law

Debates on the Rule of Law and Why They Matter

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Mednicoff
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law
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