Canon 40 (contingit interdum) of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) and Roman law

Abstract

The article discusses the problem of familiar features of the proceedings in default in Roman law (especially in Justinian’s law) and the medieval canon law. The starting point of this analysis is can. 40 of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215). The undertaken study has shown that the reception of Roman legal solution by the legal system of the Church was not only mechanical, but it was also situated in the context of adapting ancient legal provisions to the doctrinal needs of the Christianity.

Keywords

• prawo kanoniczne
• prawo rzymskie
• IV Sobór Laterański
• postępowanie sądowe
• niestawiennictwo