Le nouveau Code de droit canonique. Présentation et réflexions

The new code of canon law, promulgated on January 25, 1983, was preceded by much commentary, and its élaboration made appeal to ail instances of the Church. The présent code differs from that of 1917 by its less juridical aspect (most often due to the insertion of canons which had been written for the Lex fundamentalisj , by a structure more in conformity with the nature of the Church, by the intégration of the ideas of Vatican II on the rôle of the laity in the Church. It is regrettable that the code remains so discrète concerning the relationship between the local Church and the universal Church, and that it was not able to re-establish the continuity between Penance and ecclesiastical sanctions.Fransen Gérard. Le nouveau Code de droit canonique. Présentation et réflexions. In: Revue théologique de Louvain, 14ᵉ année, fasc. 3, 1983. pp. 275-288