Reflections on Matrimonial Jurisprudence

The ten articles in this collection examine the canon law on marriage. They were written over a period of years and published mostly in the Jurist. The first article notes that jurisprudence tends to evolve in five different ways: by contraction, restoration, expansion, utilization and application. The next seven articles illustrate these different evolutionary styles. The second article is an example of jurisprudence evolving by contraction, article three by restoration, articles four, fiv...