Canon Law: Commentaries
on the Code

A comprehensive collection of essays and commentary on the Code by members of the Canon Law Society of America. Focus is on the "lived experience" of the canons in use since 1983.

This item is available both in the reference and circulating stacks of the library.

A commentary that aims to be both a practical guide and an academic investigation of the law.

A comprehensive commentary on the Code by members of the Canon Law Society of America. Produced just two years after the 1983 Code was promulgated, some material is now outdated. Much of the focus is on the differences between the 1917 and 1983 codes.

This item is available in both the reference and circulating stacks of the library.

This work, based upon the 1996 Spanish language Comentario Exegetico, is the most exhaustive and detailed commentary on the 1984 Code. The five volumes in eight parts includes the contributions of over one hundred canonists from six countries. The text of each canon is provided in both Latin and English along with a list of sources relating to the canon, a list of cross references, and detailed commentary by an expert.