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The Ecclesiastical Law Society is an organization based in the United Kingdom that "exists to promote the study of ecclesiastical and
canon law Canon law (from grc, κανών, , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is th ...
particularly in the
Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...
and those churches in communion with it." All are welcome to join the Society. The society sponsors periodic speakers and programmes, but its principal work is editing and publishing the ''Ecclesiastical Law Journal''. It was founded in 1987 to succeed Doctors' Commons.


''Ecclesiastical Law Journal''

The society publishes the ''Ecclesiastical Law Journal'' three times each year through the
Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press A university press is an academic publishing hou ...
. The journal is a scholarly collection of original editorials, articles, comments, parliamentary and conference reports, book reviews, and case notes of decisions from the English
ecclesiastical courts An ecclesiastical court, also called court Christian or court spiritual, is any of certain courts having jurisdiction mainly in spiritual or religious matters. In the Middle Ages, these courts had much wider powers in many areas of Europe than be ...
. The journal enjoys a distinguished international editorial board.


Editors

;1987–2002: The Worshipful Michael Goodman (Chancellor of the Dioceses of Rochester, Guildford and Lincoln ;2002–2013: The Worshipful Professor Mark Hill KC (Chancellor of the Dioceses of Chichester, Leeds and Europe) ;2013-2021: The Reverend Dr Will Adam (
Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
's Ecumenical Adviser) ;2021-: Benjamin Harrison, Barrister


See also

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Canon law of the Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion does not have a centralised canon law of its own, unlike the canon law of the Catholic Church. Each of the autonomous member churches of the communion, however, does have a canonical system. Some, such as the Church of Engl ...
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Canon law of the Church of England The Church of England, like the other autonomous member churches of the Anglican Communion, has its own system of canon law. The principal body of canon law enacted since the Reformation is the ''Book of Canons'' approved by the Convocations of C ...


References

Canon law of the Anglican Communion Canon law of the Church of England Law and religion journals Academic canon law Law societies Law-related learned societies {{UK-org-stub