Canon Law, Civil Law, and the Health Care Apostolate

Catholic Social Science Review 5:267-281 (2000)
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Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the application of canon law to the administration of Catholic heahh care in the United States. It is divided into four sections. The first section provides a context for the role of canon law in the life of the Church. The second section considers the fundamental question of juridic personality in the Church. The third section delineates the predominant forms of organization that have hitherto been the main Church related institutions providing health care. The fourth section considers the validity of the McGrath "independence" thesis conceming the continuing applicability of canon law to incorporated health care structures under U.S. civil law. The paper concludes with some practical considerations conceming the relationship between canon law and corporate structures.

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