Chapter I. On Law

¶1.

(St. Thomas, I-II, qq. 90-108; St. Alphonsus, Theologia Moralis, bk. I, nn. 90-208; Homo Apostolicus, tr. 2.)¹

We shall speak of the nature of law in general, of the nature of laws in species, of the power of making laws, of the object or matter, of the subject, of interpretation, of the effect or obligation, and of the cessation of law; we shall add those things which complete the doctrine of laws.

¹ Cf. Gonet, Clypeus Theologiae Thomisticae, II-II, De legibus; the Salmanticenses, Cursus Theologiae moralis, tract XI, De legibus; Reiffenstuel, Ius canonicum universum, tom. I; Schmalzgrueber, Ius ecclesiasticum universum, I; Suarez, Tractatus de legibus et legislatore Deo; d'Annibale, Summula Theologiae moralis; Bouquillon, Theologia moralis fundamentalis, tract III, pars I, De lege; Kuhlmann, Der Gesetzbegriff beim hl. Thomas von Aquin; Wernz, Ius Decretalium, I; Michiels, Normae generales Iuris Canonici; Potters, Compendium Ethicae Generalis; Sweens, Theologia moralis fundamentalis; Cathrein, Recht, Naturrecht und positives Recht.

Within this chapter

Article I. On the Nature of Law in Generalnn. 73–76
Article II. On the Nature of Laws in Speciesnn. 77–95
- Section I. On Eternal Lawnn. 79–81
- Section II. On Natural Lawnn. 82–88
- Section III. On Positive Lawnn. 89–95
  - Scholion I. On the Law of Nationsn. 93
  - Scholion II. On Ecclesiastical Lawn. 94
  - Scholion III. On Civil Lawn. 95
Article III. On the Power of Making Lawsnn. 96–116
- Section I. On the Power of Jurisdiction in Generalnn. 96–104
  - Scholion. On Supplied Jurisdictionnn. 102–104
- Section II. On Jurisdiction Insofar as It Imports Legislative Powernn. 105–116
  - Point I. On the Legislative Power of the Churchnn. 106–112
    Scholion. On the Roman Curiann. 109–112
  - Point II. On the Legislative Power of the Civil Statenn. 113–116
Article IV. On the Object (Matter) of Lawn. 117
Article V. On the Subject (Subject-Person) of Lawnn. 118–136
- § I. On Preliminary Notionsnn. 119–123
- § II. On the Subjects of Law Generallynn. 124–126
- § III. On Some Subjects of Law Specificallynn. 127–135
  - Scholion. On the Subjects of Civil Lawnn. 133–135
- § IV. On Placing a Cause Exempting from Subjectionn. 136
Article VI. On the Interpretation of Lawnn. 137–144
- § I. On Interpretation Properly So Callednn. 137–141
- § II. On Interpretation Improperly So Called, or Epikeiann. 142–144
Article VII. On the Effect, or on the Obligation, of Lawnn. 145–171
- § I. On the Obligation of Law Generallynn. 145–149
- § II. On the Obligation of Some Laws in Particularnn. 150–166
  - Point I. On Affirmative and Negative Lawn. 150
  - Point II. On Law Founded on Common Dangernn. 151–152
  - Point III. On Law Founded on Presumptionnn. 153–154
  - Point IV. On Invalidating Lawnn. 155–159
  - Point V. On Penal Lawnn. 160–164
  - Point VI. On Dishonest Lawnn. 165–166
- § III. On Fulfilling the Obligation of Lawn. 167
- § IV. On Causes Excusing from Obligationnn. 168–170
- § V. On Placing a Cause Excusing from Obligationn. 171
Article VIII. On the Cessation of Lawnn. 172–190
- § I. On the Cessation of the End of Lawn. 173
- § II. On Abrogation, Derogation, and Annulment of Lawnn. 174–177
- § III. On Dispensationnn. 178–190
  - Point I. On Dispensation Considered in Itselfnn. 178–180
  - Point II. On the Power of Dispensingnn. 181–184
  - Point III. On the Causes of Dispensingnn. 185–187
  - Point IV. On the Granting of Dispensationn. 188
  - Point V. On the Interpretation and Cessation of Dispensationnn. 189–190
Article IX. On Those Things which Complete the Doctrine of Lawsnn. 191–213
- § I. On Customnn. 191–195
- § II. On Privilegesnn. 196–202
- § III. On Rescriptsnn. 203–210
- § IV. On Counselsnn. 211–213