God and Maltese positive law

Aquilina, Kevin

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Title:	God and Maltese positive law
Other Titles:	Mapping a moral consensus : calibrating an ethical compass for the future - Festschrift in honour of Mgr Professor Emmanuel Agius on the occasion of his seventieth birthday
Authors:	Aquilina, Kevin
Keywords:	Law -- Malta Religion and law -- Malta God (Christianity) Natural law -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church Church and state -- Malta Oaths -- Malta God
Issue Date:	2025
Publisher:	Kite Group
Citation:	Aquilina, K. (2025). God and Maltese positive law. In R. Zammit, & S. M. Attard (Eds.), Mapping a moral consensus : calibrating an ethical compass for the future - Festschrift in honour of Mgr Professor Emmanuel Agius on the occasion of his seventieth birthday (pp. 141-157). Malta: Kite Group.
Abstract:	There exist multiple relations between God, on the one hand, and Maltese Positive (or Human) Law, on the other. One such closeness is between God as a Person and Maltese Positive Law, another is between God’s Law and Maltese Positive Law. There is also an affinity between God both as a Person and as a Lawgiver in both National and International Positive Law. Finally, there is also a unifying bond between God as a Person and as a Lawgiver with Church Law, for Church Law is distinct both from God’s Law and from Maltese Positive Law in so far as Church Law is promulgated by the Pope not by God or the State. The purpose of this book chapter is not to discuss all these connections but to focus specifically only on the first one above mentioned. [excerpt]
URI:	https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142207
ISBN:	9789918231997
Appears in Collections:	Volume I

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