the canon law

1. Ancient Law Henry Sumner Maine 1 authority · 2 refuted 3 citations

   ch. 8 · ch. 9 · ch. 12

   The passage explicitly names 'the Canon Law' as a source jurists cited.

   Where a mind of our own day would jealously scrutinise the formula which had been quoted, would inquire its source, and would (if necessary) deny that the body of law to which it belonged had any authority to supersede local customs, the elder jurist would not probably have ventured to do more than question the applicability of the rule, or at best cite some counter-proposition from the Pandects or the Canon Law.

2. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments Cesare Beccaria 1 neutral 1 citation

   chapter xix.: on suicide.

   Canon law is explicitly cited as the source of the doctrine that self-murder is judged more severely than even betrayal, underlying the described customs of denying burial and confiscating a suicide's effects.

   The cannon law assures us, that Judas committed a greater crime in hanging himself, than in betraying Jesus Christ.

3. The Rights of War and Peace Hugo Grotius 1 neutral 1 citation

   ch. 47

   Canon law is explicitly named and its differing rationale acknowledged.

   For though some of the canon-laws may favour such a plea, that is not surprising, considering they are framed solely with the view of promoting charity among Christians.

4. The Genius of the Common Law Sir Frederick Pollock 1 neutral 1 citation

   iv.: enemies in the gate

   Described as a rival jurisdiction whose conflicts with the Common Law are reported neutrally as boundary questions rather than endorsed or refuted.

   During the Middle Ages our lady the Common Law was in frequent strife with the more ancient and, at those times, more highly organized empire of the Church and the Canon Law.

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