Judging invalidity

Canonists are once again indebted to L. WRENN for clarity and great utility in this companion volume to The Invalid Marriage. As he did several decades ago, in publishing Decisions as a companion to, and illustration of, Annulments, this small book contains an actual law section from the Rota (excep...

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Published inStudia canonica Vol. 37; no. 1; p. 256
Main Authors Wrenn, Lawrence G, Clough, Brian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa Studia Canonica 01.01.2003
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Canon law
Marriage
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Summary:Canonists are once again indebted to L. WRENN for clarity and great utility in this companion volume to The Invalid Marriage. As he did several decades ago, in publishing Decisions as a companion to, and illustration of, Annulments, this small book contains an actual law section from the Rota (except for error of substance -- canon 1096) for each of the 15 basic grounds of marriage nullity as a help to tribunal personnel. The Rotal law sections, all written between 1993 and 1996, except the one for canon 1160 written in 1988, are in new translations with a fictional in facto section and an argument which demonstrates the application of the law section the A. has chosen for each case. I resonated easily with Rotal thinking in a number of cases, for example, Boccafola's law section on canon 1095, 3[Symbol Not Transcribed] [degree], which notes a party must be able to assume the bonum conjugum, as well as the traditional three bona. Boccafola cites Pompedda's 1988 sentence, which states "a person who cannot engage in a healthy interpersonal relationship is incapable of contracting marriage."
ISSN:0039-310X