Childrens' rights and obligations in canon law [electronic resource] : the christening contract / Mary McAleese.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

McAleese, Mary, author.

Series:

Studies in Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights; volume14.

Studies in Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights; volume14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children (Canon law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (548 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2019.

Summary:

In the first study of its kind Mary McAleese subjects to comprehensive scrutiny the Roman Catholic Church’s 1983 Code of Canon law as it applies to children. The Catholic Church is the world’s largest non-governmental organisation involved in the provision of education and care services to children. It has over three hundred million child members world-wide the vast majority of whom became Church members when they were baptised as infants. Canon law sets out their rights and obligations as members. Children also have rights which are set out in the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to which the Holy See is State Party. The impact of the Convention on Canon Law is examined in detail and the analysis charts a distinct and worrying sea-change in the attitude of the Holy See to its obligations under the Convention since the clerical sex abuse scandals became a subject of discussion at the Committee on the Rights of the Child, which monitors implementation of the Convention. Mary McAleese wins Europe’s richest theology prize for her study of canon law. The former President of Ireland Mary McAleese has won one of the Catholic world’s most prestigious prizes, the Alfons Auer Ethics Award, from Tübingen University in Germany for her doctoral thesis on Children’s Rights and Obligations in Canon Law .

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Children as Rights Holders

The Code of Canon Law and Children

Canon Law and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Conclusion

Back Matter

Bibliography

Index of Authors

Subject Index.

Notes:

Doctoral Pontificia Università gregoriana 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-41117-8

OCLC:

1110158261

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004411173 DOI