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| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Antinomianism and Legalism | |
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| Comparative Law and Anglo-American Legal Theory | |
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| Canon Law and the Rule of Law | |
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| An Overview of Canon Law | |
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| Examples of the Scriptural and Historical Origins of Canon Law | |
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| Via Negativa | |
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| The Juridical Form of Community, Sacrament, and Mission in the New Testament | |
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| Paul of Tarsus: Law and Spirit | |
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| The Council at Jerusalem | |
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| The Patristic Church of Northern Africa | |
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| The Medieval Canonists | |
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| Contemporary Canon Law and the Rule of Law | |
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| Twentieth-Century Codifications | |
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| Other Sources and Types of Canon Law | |
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| Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Power | |
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| Universal and Particular Law | |
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| Custom as a Source of Law | |
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| International Law | |
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| The Canonization of Civil Law | |
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| Liturgical Law | |
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| Canonical Equity, Dispensation, Exception, and Privilege | |
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| Canonical Equity | |
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| Dispensation, Exception, and Privilege | |
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| The Unity of Law and Theology | |
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| Canon Law and the Sexual Abuse Crisis: Antinomianism, Legalism, and the Failure of the Rule of Law | |
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| The Failure of Canon Law in Responding to Clergy Sexual Abuse Cases | |
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| Canonical Provisions for the Investigation, Adjudication, and Resolution of an Allegation of Clergy Sexual Abuse of a Minor | |
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| Statistical Evidence and Canon Law | |
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| Difficulties with the Canonical Process | |
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| The Failure of the Rule of Law: Antinomian and Legalistic Approaches | |
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| Antinomianism and Legalism during the Nineteenth Century | |
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| Post-Vatican II Antinomianism: The Psychological Approach | |
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| The Legalist Response | |
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| Canon Law and the Sexual Abuse Crisis Continued! The Consequences of the Failure of the Rule of Law | |
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| The Canonical Requirement of Celibacy and the Sexual Abuse of Minors | |
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| Clerical Celibacy: Witness to Faith or Threat to the Public Good? | |
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| The Sexual Abuse Crisis and American Anti-Catholicism | |
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| Canon Law and Theology | |
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| Original Sin and the Limitation of Law | |
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| Law and the Theology of Forgiveness | |
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| Priesthood as a State of Life | |
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| Antinomianism, Legalism, and the Nature of Canon Law | |
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| Church Property: A Comparison of the Theories of Property in Canon Law and Liberal Theory | |
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| Elements in Canon Law's Approach to Property | |
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| Anthropological Basis for Private Property | |
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| The Fall and Private Property | |
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| The Early Church | |
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| Medieval Theory | |
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| The Social Teaching of the Church | |
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| Property in Liberal Political Theory | |
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| Comparison of Catholic and Liberal Theories of Property | |
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| Church Property Continued: The Diocese and Parish; Canon Law and State Law | |
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| The Diocese and the Parish | |
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| The Unity of Law and Theology | |
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| Parish Property in Canon Law | |
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| Congregationalist v. Hierarchical Forms of Church Governance | |
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| Canon Law and State Law | |
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| The Harmony of State and Canon Law | |
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| The Relationship between Diocese and Parish in State Law | |
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| Antinomian and Legalistic Approaches to Church Property | |
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| Indeterminacy in Canon Law! The Refusal of Holy Communion to Catholic Public Officials: Canon 915: "A Central Case" | |
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| Canon 915 and Indeterminacy | |
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| The Rule of Recognition and the Internal Aspect of Law | |
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| The Rule of Recognition and Canon 915 | |
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| The Internal Aspect of Law and the Application of Canon 915 | |
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| The Open Texture of Law: A Central Case | |
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| The Plain Meaning | |
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| "Are Not To Be Admitted" | |
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| "Manifest Grave Sin" | |
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| "Obstinately Persists" | |
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| The Justifications for the Application of Canon 915 | |
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| Effects of Canon 915 | |
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| The Indeterminacy Claim Continued! Canon 915: "A Doubtful or Hard Case" | |
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| Doubt Regarding the Attribution of "Grave Sin" to the Public Official | |
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| Political Autonomy | |
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| Formal and Material Cooperation | |
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| Individual Conscience | |
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| Doubtful Law | |
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| Undue Interference in the Political Process Through an Arbitrary Application of Law | |
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| Political and Financial Threats to the Church's Social Teaching and Charitable Works | |
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| Sacramental Theology | |
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| Other Provisions of Canon Law | |
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| The Right to Receive the Sacraments | |
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| The Autonomy of Diocesan Bishop | |
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| Antinomianism and Legalism | |
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| Antinomianism | |
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| Legalism | |
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| Concluding Observations: Antinomianism, Legalism, and the Rule of Law | |
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| The Natural and Supernatural Ends of Canon Law | |
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| The Three Examples of Antinomianism and Legalism | |
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| Clergy Sexual Abuse | |
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| Church Property | |
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| Canon 915 | |
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| General Conclusions about Antinomianism and Legalism | |
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| The Rule of Law: Comparison of Canon Law with Anglo-American Legal Theory | |
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| Does Canon Law Count as Law? | |
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| Canon Law and Coercive Power | |
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| Canon Law as Command | |
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| The Intellectus of Canon Law | |
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| Does Canon Law Constitute a System of law? | |
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| Does Canon Law Fulfill the Requirements oftheRuleofLaw? | |
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| Procedural Justice | |
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| Substantive Justice | |
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| Unjust Law | |
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| Indeterminacy of law | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |