Obrogation

 ( Jurisprudence Of Catholic Canon Law ) 

In civil law, obrogation (Latin: obrogatCaparros et al., 1983 Code of Canon Law Annotated, canon 53 (pg. 66) from obrogare) is the modification or repeal of a law in whole or in part by issuing a new law.

In the canon law of the Catholic Church, obrogation is the enacting of a contrary law that is a revocation of a previous law;Della Rocca, Manual, 69. it may also be the partial cancellation or amendment of a law, decree, or legal regulation by the imposition of a newer one.

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Catholic Church The 1983 Code of Canon Law governs here in canon 53:

This canon incorporates Rule 34 in VI of the Regulae Iuris: "Generi per speciem derogatur" or "The specific derogates from the general."Coriden et al., Commentary, pg. 54 (commentary on canon 53).

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See also

• Repeal
• Conflict of laws
• Implied repeal
• Naskh (tafsir)

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Bibliography

• (2004). 189017744X, Midwest Theological Forum. 189017744X
• Coriden, James A., Thomas J. Green, Donald E. Heintschel (editors). The Code of Canon Law: A Text and Commentary (New York: Paulist Press, 1985). Commissioned by the Canon Law Society of America.
• Della Rocca, Fernando. Manual of Canon Law (Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1959) translated by Rev. Anselm Thatcher, O.S.B.
• (1979). 9780829920413, West Publishing Co.. ISBN 9780829920413

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