Canon Law 2 - KIUS403
Title: Kanonické právo 2
Guaranteed by: Department of Philosophy and Law (26-KFP)
Faculty: Catholic Theological Faculty
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 7
Examination process: winter s.:
summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:6/0, --- [HS]
summer s.:6/0, Ex [HS]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: distance
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: ICLic. PaedDr. Mgr. Marián Čačík, Ph.D.
Examination dates   WS schedule   SS schedule   Noticeboard   
Annotation -
The course introduces the current law of the Catholic Church and the main code of the Latin Rite Church (Code of Canon Law). It includes sacramental law, penal law and introduction to procedural law.
Last update: Čačík Marián, ICLic. PaedDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (17.10.2022)
Aim of the course -
Introduction to Canon law.
Last update: Čačík Marián, ICLic. PaedDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (17.10.2022)
Course completion requirements -
Passing the exam.
Last update: Čačík Marián, ICLic. PaedDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (17.10.2022)
Literature -

a)      Primary literature:

  • HRDINA Antonín, Kanonické právo; dějiny pramenů, teorie, platné právo, Plzeň: nakl. A. Čeněk, 2011
  • PŘIBYL Stanislav, Kanonické manželské právo, Vyšší Brod: Hesperion, 2021
  • Kodex kanonického práva. Úřední znění textu a překlad do češtiny, Praha: ZVON, 1994

b)      Extension literature: 

  • HRDINA Antonín, Prameny ke studiu kanonického práva, Plzeň: nakl. A. Čeněk, 2007
  • TRETERA Jiří Rajmund, HORÁK Záboj, Církevní právo, Praha: Leges, 2021
  • BIANCHI Paolo, When is Marriage Null?, San Francisco: Ignatius, 2015
  • VITALI Enrico, BERLINGO Salvatore, Il matrimonio canonico, Milano: Giuffre Editore, 2017
  • PIGHIN Bruno Fabio, Il nuovo sistema penale della Chiesa, Venezia: Marcianum Press, 2021
  • WOODALL, G. J., A Passion for Justice, Leominster: Gracewing, 2011
  • BAEL John B., CORIDEN James A., GREEN Thomas J., New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law, New York: Paulist Press, 2000
Last update: Čačík Marián, ICLic. PaedDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (09.10.2024)
Teaching methods -
Lecture, individual study.
Last update: Čačík Marián, ICLic. PaedDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (17.10.2022)
Requirements to the exam -
The exam is oral. Students answer questions given in the course syllabus and directly related questions.
Last update: Čačík Marián, ICLic. PaedDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (17.10.2022)
Syllabus -

1. Legal regulation of the sacrament of baptism

2. Legal regulation of the sacrament of confirmation

3. The legal regulation of the sacrament of the Eucharist; the Mass stipend

4. Legal regulation of the sacrament of penance

5. Legislation of the sacrament of the annointing of the sick

6. Orders; irregularities and impediments

7. The legal regulation of the sacrament of marriage

8. Principles of canonical criminal law; penal law and penal warrant

9. Crime (concept and circumstances precluding illegality); reserves of the Apostolic See

10. The nature of the offence (concept and characteristics)

11. Penalties (concept and classification)

12. Imposition of penalties (latae and ferendae sententiae); procedural form (judicial and administrative)

13. Mitigating and aggravating circumstances

14. Crimes in specie

15. Ecclesiastical justice (jurisdiction, competence, levels and types of ecclesiastical courts)

Last update: Čačík Marián, ICLic. PaedDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (09.10.2024)
Entry requirements -
Basic knowledge of Catholic theology.
Last update: Čačík Marián, ICLic. PaedDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (17.10.2022)