Folia Theologica et Canonica 6. 28/20 (2017)
IUS CANONICUM - Kurt Martens, Hierarchical recourse as a dialogue between particular church and universal Church? Difficulties, challenges and opportunities
98 KURT MARTENS 9. Prosecution of Recourse before the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia Eventually, the hierarchical recourse might end up at the level of the competent dicastery of the Roman Curia.74 The competency of each dicastery is defined in the apostolic constitution Pastor Bonus as amended by subsequent legislation and other norms.75 76 The norms on hierarchical recourse of the code must be read and applied in conjunction with the norms on recourse contained in the Regolamento Generale della Curia Romana.™ 10. The Second Section of the Apostolic Signatura The very last step in the procedure to challenge a singular administrative decree is recourse to the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. The establishment of the second section of the Apostolic Signatura as a result of the curial reform undertaken by Pope Paul VI in 1967 was a first step toward the organization of an elaborate system of administrative tribunals.77 With the creation of the second section of the Apostolic Signatura by the apostolic constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae ,78 a supreme administrative tribunal, based on a secular model, was created in the Church.79 80 The second section was made competent to resolve contentions that have arisen from the exercise of administrative power,811 but likewise to resolve conflicts of competence between the various dicasteries of the Roman Curia.81 Special norms {Normáé Spéciales), approved 74 Punderson, J. R., Hierarchical Recourse to the Holy See, 19-47. Marchesi, M., I ricorsi gerarchici presso i dicasteri della Curia Romana, in lus Ecclesiae 8 (1996) 71 -96. 75 lo ANNES Paulus II, Const. Ap. Pastor Bonus (28 iun. 1988): AAS 80 (1988) 841-934 (hereafter cited as PB). 76 Regolamento Generale della Curia Romana (30 apr. 1999): AAS 91 (1999) 629-699. Advocates before the Apostolic See are regulated by the motu proprio lustus iudex, June 28, 1988: AAS 80 (1988) 1258-1261 and the ordinano issued by the Secretariat of State, July 23, 1990: AAS 82 (1990) 1630-1634. 77 Krukowski, J., Le domaine du contrôle judiciaire des actes administratifs ecclésiastiques selon l’article 106 de la Constitution apostolique « Regimini Ecclesiae», in Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 52 (1976) 380-389. See also Martens, K., The Law that Never Was, 178-222. 78 Paulus VI, Const. Ap. Regimini Ecclesiae Universae (15 aug. 1967): AAS 59 (1967) 885-928. 79 On the Apostolic Signatura, see e.g., Coughlin, J. J., The Historical Development and Current Procedural Norms, 455^196 and 661-690. Schwanger, K. K., Contentious-Administrative Recourse Before the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, in The Jurist 58 (1998) 171-197. 80 Art. 106: Per alteram sectionem Signatura Apostolica contentiones dirimit ortas ex actu potesta- tis administrativae ecclesiasticae, et ad earn, ob interpositam appellationem seu recursum adver- sus decisionem competentis Dicasterii, delatas, quoties contendatur actum ipsum legem aliquam violasse. In his casibus videt sive de admissione recursus sive de illegitimitate actus impugnati. 81 Art. 107: Per eandem sectionem iudicat insuper de confiictibus competentiae inter Dicasteria Sedis Apostolicae; cognoscit negotia administrativa a Romanae Curiae Congregationibus ipsi delata; videt de quaestionibus a Summo Pontifice eidem commissis.
