Church Related Issues and the Civil Courts of India

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Description
There is an acute lack of knowledge in terms of relations between Church and civil society, between Church law and civil law much else that the Catholics tend to take for granted, making life difficult for ourselves. This book fills the lacuna admirably by breaking down the barriers of ignorance specifically by way of giving the reader a fair understanding of the intricacies of both Church-State or Civic-Religious links and difference that are part of the life of a Christian in India. It analyses almost all the civil cases of the Church decided in the civil courts of India. The understanding this book offers in a nutshell is meant to be a handy guide to clergy and laity alike especially to the advocates of both the sides, in discerning the rightness and the wrongness of legalistic matter concerning so many aspects of the Church, the society and of our life, as dutiful believers and conscientious citizens of India.
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Contents
1.    What Canon Law is
2.    Canon law and Indian civil Law — a Brief Comparision
3.    Jurisdiction of the Civil Courts in Church Related Issues
4.    Religious Freedom and Religious Practices
5.    Temporal Goods
6.    Christian Marriages and Matrimonial
7.    Adoption, Guardianship and Custody
8.    Succession
9.    Education and Educational Institutions
10.  Church Related Issues on Employment
Epilogue
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Author Details
Dr Sahayaraj Lourdusamy holds a doctorate in Canon Law from the Catholic Institute of Paris and also a doctorate in Civil Law from the University of Paris XI, Finance. He is also serving as the Member of the High Council of AIDOP Commission of Paris (Agence international diplomatie et opinion publique) and as Associate Researcher of the Asian Department of Canon Law and Culture of the Faculty of Canon Law, Catholic Institute of Paris, France. He has authored 13 books in Tamil, English and French and is contributing articles to Studia Canonica, Vaigarai, etc. At present he is the Chancellor of the Diocese of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
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