Research guides: Canon Law: Post-1983 Law

Post-1983 Law

Communicationes.
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Vatican City: Pontifical Council for Legal Texts. 1969 – present.
The publication of the Vatican office dedicated to canon law. Reprints almost all official documents on changes in the law, as well as articles. Some official documents on canonical matters also appear in Acta Apostolicae Sedis or, if liturgical, in Notitiae.
Roman Replies and CLSA Advisory Opinions.
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Washington, DC: Canon Law Society of America.
Includes English translations of official interpretations of the law from the Pontifical Council for Legal Texts as well as advisory opinions authored by members of the Canon Law Society of America.
Decisiones seu Sententiae.
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Rome: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1912–present.
The official publication of the Roman Rota, the Church's final court of appeal in cases of marital nullity. Summaries of the most important judgments are usually published approximately five years after being issued.