The complexity of the issue of the reception of a legal act in the context of its promulgation in Canon Law
Ginter Dzierżon
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5116-959X
Abstract
The main focus of the present study is a reflection on the phenomenon of reception of a newly promulgated law. The issue is shown to be a complex one. The author believes that in understanding the term “reception”, it is inadequate to simply adopt the referents of the word “recipere”. The doctrine of Canon Law makes a distinction between two categories of reception, whose meanings differ substantially from their linguistic denotation: legal reception, which is associated solely with the transfer of law, and factual reception, which is related to the observance of law. The author demonstrates that while the former category has a legal nature, the latter has a theological value. In his opinion, these categories complement each other. However, he goes beyond that observation to ask about the ratio of such solutions. He expresses a view that minimalist legal requirements in relation to legal reception are adopted because legal systems strive to ensure that the law they establish is certain, in the sense that it is certain to be enforceable. In the author’s opinion, this requirement is the realisation of one of the purposes of the functioning of law, which is to ensure social order. Factual acceptance takes on a different dimension, as it is manifested in a community of believers observing a law. In this hypothesis, the ratio of this solution has theological grounds, which the author believes to be the constitution of the Church and the phenomenon of faith related to the Church.
Keywords:
law, promulgation, reception, Canon LawReferences
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