Obrogation

Not to be confused with Abrogation.

In civil law, obrogation (Latin: obrogat ^[1] from obrogare ^[2] ) is the modification or repeal of a law in whole or in part by issuing a new law. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

In the canon law of the Catholic Church, obrogation is the enacting of a contrary law that is a revocation of a previous law; ^[6] it may also be the partial cancellation or amendment of a law, decree, or legal regulation by the imposition of a newer one.

Catholic Church

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

If decrees are contrary one to another, where specific matters are expressed, the specific prevails over the general; if both are equally specific or equally general, the one later in time obrogates the earlier insofar as it is contrary to it. ^[7]

This canon incorporates Rule 34 in VI of the Regulae Iuris : "Generi per speciem derogatur" or "The specific derogates from the general." ^[8]

See also

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

References

1. Caparros et al., 1983 Code of Canon Law Annotated, canon 53 (pg. 66)
2. Black, Nolan & Connolly 1979, p. 971.
3. Obrogate. Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved March 24, 2016.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)(subscription required)
4. Garner, Bryan A. (1999). obrogate (7th ed.). St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing. p.  1104. ISBN   0-314-22864-0.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
5. "Obrogation definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary". www.collinsdictionary.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
6. Della Rocca, Manual, 69.
7. 1983 Code of Canon Law, Canon 53, accessed 24 March 2016
8. Coriden et al., Commentary, pg. 54 (commentary on canon 53).

Bibliography

• Caparros, Ernest; Theriault, Michel; Thorn, Jean; Aube, Helene (January 1, 2004) [1983]. Code of Canon Law Annotated: Prepared Under the Responsibility of the Instituto Martin De Azpilcueta (Hardcover). Gratianus Series (2nd ed.). Montréal, Woodridge, Illinois: Midwest Theological Forum. ISBN   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.
• Black, Henry Campbell; Nolan, Joseph R.; Connolly, M.J. (1979). Obrogare: Black's Law Dictionary (5th ed.). St. Paul Minnesota: West Publishing Co. ISBN   0-8299-2041-2.