In this book legal scholars from many different places and cultural backgrounds discuss the legal thought of Pope Benedict XVI. Where did the idea for this project come from? Benedict XVI is neither a jurist nor a legal scholar, and probably never intended to be. Yet, throughout his pontificate he was invited to dialogue with political, civil, academic, and cultural authorities, and the speeches he delivered in these contexts reveal a striking sensitivity to the fundamental problems of law, justice, and democracy. This book collects some of the speeches in which the Pope Emeritus reflected most explicitly on these issues along with the comments of a number of legal scholars: it means to respond to the invitation to engage in public discussion on the limits of positivist reason in the domain of law that Benedict launched in his address to the Bundestag. Each of the speeches considered here was intended for a particular audience, and their contents are framed according to their respective contexts. For example, the lecture at Regensburg took place in an academic environment; there, Benedict focused on the relationship between faith and reason. The speech to the Collège des Bernardins in Paris was addressed the cultural elites of France, a country that, since its foundation, has cultivated a secular culture that distrusts religion; in that context, Benedict described the historical contribution of the Christian faith to the development of European civilization, pointing to the work done by Benedictine Monasteries after the fall of the Roman Empire and the Barbarian devastation. At Westminster Hall in London, Benedict found himself before the oldest Parliament in all the western democracies, and in the place where Sir Thomas More was condemned to a cruel death in the name of religious discord; there he expressed enthusiastic appreciation for the liberal democratic tradition, without downplaying his concern for an authentic protection of religious freedom in the West, even today, from any form of subtle threat.

Cartabia, M., Simoncini, A. (2015). A journey with benedict XVI through the spirit of constitutionalism. In M. Cartabia, A. Simoncini (a cura di), Pope Benedict XVI's Legal Thought. A Dialogue on the Foundation of Law (pp. 1-30). Cambridge : Cambridge University Press [10.1017/CBO9781316106303.002].

A journey with benedict XVI through the spirit of constitutionalism

CARTABIA, MARTA MARIA CARLA;
2015

Abstract

In this book legal scholars from many different places and cultural backgrounds discuss the legal thought of Pope Benedict XVI. Where did the idea for this project come from? Benedict XVI is neither a jurist nor a legal scholar, and probably never intended to be. Yet, throughout his pontificate he was invited to dialogue with political, civil, academic, and cultural authorities, and the speeches he delivered in these contexts reveal a striking sensitivity to the fundamental problems of law, justice, and democracy. This book collects some of the speeches in which the Pope Emeritus reflected most explicitly on these issues along with the comments of a number of legal scholars: it means to respond to the invitation to engage in public discussion on the limits of positivist reason in the domain of law that Benedict launched in his address to the Bundestag. Each of the speeches considered here was intended for a particular audience, and their contents are framed according to their respective contexts. For example, the lecture at Regensburg took place in an academic environment; there, Benedict focused on the relationship between faith and reason. The speech to the Collège des Bernardins in Paris was addressed the cultural elites of France, a country that, since its foundation, has cultivated a secular culture that distrusts religion; in that context, Benedict described the historical contribution of the Christian faith to the development of European civilization, pointing to the work done by Benedictine Monasteries after the fall of the Roman Empire and the Barbarian devastation. At Westminster Hall in London, Benedict found himself before the oldest Parliament in all the western democracies, and in the place where Sir Thomas More was condemned to a cruel death in the name of religious discord; there he expressed enthusiastic appreciation for the liberal democratic tradition, without downplaying his concern for an authentic protection of religious freedom in the West, even today, from any form of subtle threat.
Capitolo o saggio
Pensiero giuridico, fondamenti della legge
English
Pope Benedict XVI's Legal Thought. A Dialogue on the Foundation of Law
Cartabia, M; Simoncini, A
2015
9781107090200
Cambridge University Press
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Cartabia, M., Simoncini, A. (2015). A journey with benedict XVI through the spirit of constitutionalism. In M. Cartabia, A. Simoncini (a cura di), Pope Benedict XVI's Legal Thought. A Dialogue on the Foundation of Law (pp. 1-30). Cambridge : Cambridge University Press [10.1017/CBO9781316106303.002].
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