Folia Canonica 5. (2002)
EASTERN CANON LAW BIBLIOGRAPHY (5)
FOLIA CANONICA 5 (2002) 335-384. EASTERN CANON LAW BIBLIOGRAPHY* (5) INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Setting the criteria in the selection of bibliography for Eastern Canon Law raises some considerable difficulties. In the present section we should like to promout interest in the study of Eastern Canon Law and the selection of material has been determined by this practical, overriding principle. Until the present time it has been difficult to find Eastern publications on the various topics belonging to the respective titles of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches and the researcher is obliged to refer to the corresponding Latin literature, which, although by no means interchangeable with the Eastern point of view, can at the same time, with appropriate adaptations, give serious impetus to the study of Eastern Canon Law. In view of this we have selected our bibliography taking into account the following considerations: I. Main perspective: A possibly complete collection of Eastern Canon Law works, which deal with the legislation currently in force; II. Complementary literature (without any claim to completeness, mentioning only some useful exemples): 1. Works specifically on the history of Eastern Canon Law or those works containing important sections relevant to this history; 2. Works dealing with the theology, philosopy, methodology and general principles of canon law, even if they consider this topics chiefly from the point of view of the Latin Canon Law; 3. Works on Latin Canon Law with important parts dealing with Eastern Canon Law; 4. Works dealing with general canon law norms, applying to both Western and Eastern Churches (e.g. rights and duties of the Christifideles, the Supreme Authority of the Church etc.); 5. General works on characteristically Latin institutions, which are particulary relevant to the comparative study of Eastern and Latin Canon Law Systems. If on a given topic there happens to be no corresponding material on the part of the Eastern authors, instead of leaving the section empty—and apart from the question mentioned above of comparative studies — we have attempted where *Compiled by Péter SZABÓ.