ABGB and the canonical marriage law

Unlike the Napoleon Civil Code of 1804 which established obligatory civil marriage for all citizens, the Austrian legislature chose confessional principle of matrimony. Different norms were applicable to three parts of population: Christian catholic, Christian non-catholic and Jewish. From the cano...

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Main Author: Stanislav Přibyl
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Language:deu
Published: STS Science Centre Ltd. 2011-12-01
Series:Journal on European History of Law
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Online Access:https://www.journaloneuropeanhistoryoflaw.eu/index.php/JEHL/article/view/372
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description Unlike the Napoleon Civil Code of 1804 which established obligatory civil marriage for all citizens, the Austrian legislature chose confessional principle of matrimony. Different norms were applicable to three parts of population: Christian catholic, Christian non-catholic and Jewish. From the canon law of the Catholic Church the Civil Code adopted the impediment to marriage due to priestly ordination and monastic wows. It also recognized the impediment owing to indissolubility of matrimony as conceived by the Catholic Church. Model permitting people of various confessions to marry according their specific religious rules was later supplemented by an alternative civil marriage in case that the engaged couple would not meet the requirements imposed upon them by the canon law. Since 1870 the civil marriage was made possible between people without religion. By a special law of 1912 the civil marriage was made mandatory to citizens of Islamic faith.
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spelling doaj-art-fa10edb89ad14ac09284dc24509956a42025-08-20T03:27:48ZdeuSTS Science Centre Ltd.Journal on European History of Law2042-64023049-90892011-12-0122ABGB and the canonical marriage lawStanislav Přibyl0Metropolitan Church Court of Prague; Department of Systematic Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice Unlike the Napoleon Civil Code of 1804 which established obligatory civil marriage for all citizens, the Austrian legislature chose confessional principle of matrimony. Different norms were applicable to three parts of population: Christian catholic, Christian non-catholic and Jewish. From the canon law of the Catholic Church the Civil Code adopted the impediment to marriage due to priestly ordination and monastic wows. It also recognized the impediment owing to indissolubility of matrimony as conceived by the Catholic Church. Model permitting people of various confessions to marry according their specific religious rules was later supplemented by an alternative civil marriage in case that the engaged couple would not meet the requirements imposed upon them by the canon law. Since 1870 the civil marriage was made possible between people without religion. By a special law of 1912 the civil marriage was made mandatory to citizens of Islamic faith. https://www.journaloneuropeanhistoryoflaw.eu/index.php/JEHL/article/view/372Austrian General civil code (ABGB)canonical matrimonial lawCatholic Church
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ABGB and the canonical marriage law
Journal on European History of Law
Austrian General civil code (ABGB)
canonical matrimonial law
Catholic Church
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title_full_unstemmed ABGB and the canonical marriage law
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canonical matrimonial law
Catholic Church
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