The continued debate on the London/Truro Diocesan Synod Motion We reported on the three debates at the General Synod in York on 8 July last year relating to “the Church
and the World”: Climate Change and Investment; Environment Programmes; and the Ethics of Nuclear Weapons. [...]
“Prohibition,” as I’ve had occasion to observe before, is a law school course that could teach itself. There are regulatory, church-state, jurisprudential, and constitutional
dimensions to be explored. Probably others too. Here’s a new book that emphasizes the national-state federalism dimension: Prohibition, the Constitution, and States’ [...]
The following information on the new ChurchCare web site was posted on the Archdeacons’ News web site, Bulletin No. 41, February 2019. Church Buildings – useful matters
from recent CBC mailings [...]
The ECHR again, Holocaust denial, marriages of EEA nationals after Brexit, some interesting thoughts from the ICLR on family law… “What next for the Human Rights Act? On
Wednesday, there was a debate in Westminster Hall initiated by Tommy Shepherd (SNP, Edinburgh East) about the future of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the UK’s adherence to [...]
On 16 February 2019, il Bollettino announced that former US cardinal Theodore McCarrick had been removed from the priesthood after Vatican officials had found him guilty of
soliciting for sex while hearing Confession. The English text of the announcement states: [...]
Alison Chabloz is a self-confessed Holocaust denier. She was convicted in 2018 at Westminster Magistrates’ Court of three offences contrary to section 127(1) of the Communications
Act 2003, which provides that: [...]
In its eNews of 15 February 2019, the Diocese of Oxford has included the following useful advice concerning the marriage of European Economic Area (EEA) Nationals post-Brexit.
Marriage of European Economic Area Nationals – Post 29 March 2019 [...]
To close out the week’s books, here is a new collection from Routledge on early modern Europe, A Sourcebook of Early Modern European History, edited by Ute Lotz-Heumann
(University of Arizona). Many foundational concepts in American church-state relations date from this period, and the book addresses a number of subjects that law [...]
