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The Legal Legacy of the Reformation: Catholic and Protestant Approaches to Law book cover

1st Edition

The Legal Legacy of the Reformation Catholic and Protestant Approaches to Law

Edited By John Duddington Copyright 2025
316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge
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The growing interest in the relationship between religion and law is, in the case of Christianity, often viewed in monolithic terms. Moreover, the debate is often seen in terms of the relationship of Christianity to the state along with discussions about, for example, religious freedom. Christianity is often seen as responding to claims made on it by the state and by the growth of secularism.... Read more

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Preface

Part One: Church Law and the Reformation

Ch. 1 A Comparative Account of Protestant and Catholic Approaches to Church Law: Law in the Life of the Visible Church
Norman Doe

Ch. 2  How the English and Scots Reformations Shaped Ecclesiastical and Secular Law in Great Britain
Frank Cranmer

Ch.3 The Reformation and Legal Change: The Persistence of Medieval Canon Law
Richard Helmholz

Part Two: Catholic and Protestant Approaches to Law in the Life of the Church

Ch. 4: Legislative Authority in the Anglican Communion
Richard Deadman                                                 

Ch. 5  The Theology of Canon Law: A Catholic Perspective on the Fundamentals
Luke Beckett OSB

Ch. 6  Conscience and Natural Law: A Calvinist Perspective
Paul Goodliff                                                   

Part Three: Catholic and Protestant Approaches to Church, State and State Law

Ch. 7 Natural Law and Human Law: The Reformation Legacy–an Ecumenical Approach
Stephen Coleman and Norman Doe                                               

Ch. 8 Catholic and Protestant Approaches to Church-State Relations
Helen Costigane

Part Four: Catholic and Protestant Approaches to Particular Areas of Law

Ch. 9  Marriage Law and Education Law
Russell Sandberg 

Ch. 10 Equity and Conscience
Richard Hedlund

Ch. 11 The Reformation and Human Rights
David McIlroy                                                                     

Ch. 12 The Reformation and the Birth of Criminal Law
Mathias Schmoeckel

Ch. 13 The Reformation and Its Impact on the Law of Charites and Social Welfare
John Duddington                                     

Biography

John Duddington is the editor of Law and Justice: The Christian Law Review and a former head of the Law School at Worcester College of Technology.

`In a world increasingly dominated by culture wars and simplistic generalisations, this book makes an extremely welcome and timely contribution to scholarship. … By its very nature, the book as whole furnishes context and understanding to our current paradigms, rather than attempting to solve immediate legal or political challenges. As such it is not only an extremely valuable source of reference, but also one that will retain its relevance, despite our often rapidly changing modern paradigm. … This book is a rewarding and insightful read not only for Law and Religion scholars, but for anyone interested in the development of legal systems in respect of their religious, political and social context.’

Law and Justice, The Christian Law Review: (195) Trinity/Michaelmas 2025, p.180.

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