| CODE | PLC5570 | ||||||
| TITLE | Matrimonial Jurisprudence | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Pastoral Theology, Liturgy and Canon Law | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit offers a study of the various grounds of marriage nullity found in the Code of Canon Law: their treatment in canonical doctrine and studies and most of all in contemporary canonical Jurisprudence. Study-unit Aims: -- examines the role of jurisprudence as a source of law -- gives a detailed analysis of the various grounds of nullity as interpreted and applied by Church tribunals, especially by the Tribunal of the Roman Rota. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: -- Understand and distinguish between the various grounds of nullity -- Know the various doctrinal sources at the origins of such grounds -- Appreciate the nature and importance of jurisprudence in forensic praxis 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: -- apply in a practical way what has been learned so far -- Individuate the possible cause/s of nullity in concrete situations -- Interpret and formulate one’s own arguments in favour of one’s opinion based on doctrinal and jurisprudential sources Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: -- The 1983 Code of Canon Law -- Various Commentaries to the Code of Canon Law -- The Malta Marriage Act -- AA.VV., L’incapacità di assumere gli oneri essenziali del matrimonio, Studi Giuridici, XLVIII, LEV 1998 -- AA.VV., L’incapacità di intendere e di volere nel diritto canonico matrimoniale (can. 1095, nn. 1-2), Studi Giuridici, LII, LEV, 2000 -- AMATI ANGELO, Maturità psico-affettiva e matrimonio: can. 1095,2-3 del Codice di Diritto Canonico, LEV, 2001 -- BIANCHI P., Quando il matrimonio è nullo? Guida ai motivi di nullità matrimoniale per pastori, consulenti e fedeli, Ancora, 1998 --BROWN, R., Marriage annulment in the Catholic Church, 3ed. Mayhew 1990 --BURKE R.L. - GORCHOLEWSKI Z. - POMPEDDA M.F. - VERSALDI G., Incapacity for Marriage. Jurisprudence and Interpretation. Acts of the III Gregorian Colloquium, R.M.Sable, Coordinator and Editor, Rome 1987 -- CRISTIANO BARBERI – ALESSANDRA LUZZAGO – LUCIANO MUSELLI, Psicopatologia forense e Matrimonio Canonico, Studi Giuridici, vol. LXVII, LEV, 2005 -- WRENN L.G., The invalid marriage, CLSA, 1998 -- WRENN L.,G., Judging invalidity, CLSA, 2002 -- ZUANAZZI GIANFRANCESCO, Psicologia e psichiatria nelle cause matrimoniali canoniche, Studi Giuridici vol. LXXIII, LEV, 2006 |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite qualifications First Degree in Theol., Law, Psych., or Social Work Pre-Requisite Study-units Matrimonial Law; Matrimonial Consent |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Josephine Farrugia Brendan Gatt Anthony F Gouder Kevin Schembri Mariella Wettinger |
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