The Jurist (journal)

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The Jurist
ISSN
0022-6858
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The Jurist: Studies in Church Law and Ministry or simply The Jurist is a

peer-reviewed academic journal and the only journal published in the United States devoted to the study and promotion of the canon law of the Catholic Church. It was initiated in 1940[1] to serve the academic and professional needs of Catholic church lawyers. It originally focused on the canon law of the Latin Church, but came to include Eastern Catholic canon law
as well.

History

The first issue appeared on January 6, 1941.[2] Initial responses to the journal were favorable, as it was declared "We applaud its present performance and while we look forward to the improvement which its initial effort promises and which maturity will bring"[3] and "the first issues warrant the belief that the scholars of the United States will make valuable contributions to the study of Canon Law".[4]

Until 1976, the journal was a quarterly publication, but since then it has been issued twice yearly; beginning with volume 71, the journal has been published by

Project MUSE
.

Scope

Initially the journal focused largely on issues of Latin church law both in terms of

Eastern Catholic church lawyers, civil lawyers, diocesan planners and diocesan finance and personnel officials. Recent issues have contained the decisions of the Apostolic Signatura
in Latin and English translation.

Editors

Previous editors included

Jerome Daniel Hannan, Frederick R. McManus (1959-1989), James H. Provost, Thomas J. Green, and Kurt Martens
. The current editor is William L. Daniel.

References

  1. ^ C. Joseph Nuesse The Catholic University of America: A Centennial History (Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1990)[page needed]
  2. ^ Arthur J. Esplenage "The Jurist: 60 Years and Counting" The Jurist: Studies in Church Law and Ministry vol. 62(1) 2002, p.42.
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