@article{1431507,
      recid = {1431507},
      author = {Hahn, Judith,},
      title = {Foundations of a sociology of canon law /},
      pages = {1 online resource (XIV, 235 pages.)},
      abstract = {This "Open Access" book investigates the legal reality of  the church through a sociological lens and from the  perspective of canon law studies, the discipline which  researches the law and the legal structure of the Catholic  Church. It introduces readers from various backgrounds to  the sociology of canon law, which is both a legal and a  theological field of study, and is the first step towards  introducing a new subdiscipline of the sociology of canon  law. As a theoretical approach to mapping out this field,  it asks what theology and canon law may learn from  sociology; it discusses the understanding of “law” in  religious contexts; studies the preconditions of legal  validity and effectiveness; and based on these findings it  asks in what sense it is possible to speak of canon “law”.  By studying a religious order as its struggles to find a  balance between continuity and change, this book also  contributes to the debates on religious law in modernity  and the challenges it faces from secular states and plural  societies. This book is of interest to researchers and  students of the sociology of law, legal studies, law and  religion, the sociology of religion, theology, and  religious studies.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1431507},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01791-9},
}