Law of Marriage and Matrimonial Reliefs for Christians in India : A Juridical Evaluation of Canon Law and Civil Law / William E Pinto.

includes index and biblioraphy

LAW OF MARRIAGE IN CANON LAW AND CIVIL LAW THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE LAW ..........................3 General Principles ..................................... 4 Marriage as a Covenant ......................... 5 Marriage as a Sacrament......................... 6 Marital Consent................................ 7 Marital Properties .............................. 8 Capacity to Marry .............................. 9 Physical Capacity ....................... 9 Mental Capacity ........................ 11 Legal Capacity ......................... 12 Marriage as Personal Law .............................. 13 Personal Law of Christians ...................... 14 Canon Law as Personal Law ..................... 15 Personal Law of Non-Christians as Applicable to Christians ...................... 16 MARRIAGE LAW UNDER THE CODE OF CANON LAW, 1983 ...................... 19 The Forms of Marriage ................................ 20 Ordinary Canonical Form ....................... 21 Extraordinary Canonical Form ................... 22 The Validity of Marriage ............................... 23 The Official Witness ........................... 24 The Place of Marriage .......................... 25 On Ground of Force and Fear........................................... 103 On Ground of Inadequate Consent..................................... 105 Absence or Defect of Canonical Form.......... 108 Ordinary Canonical Form ........ 108 Extraordinary Canonical Form......................................... 105. Defect of Canonical Form........ 110 Defective Con validation................................ Ill Nullity of Marriage under Civil Law ............. 112 On Ground of Impotence ................ 113 On Ground of Lackof Age ..............115 On Ground of Fraud ................... 116 On Ground of Force.................... 119 On Ground of Lunacy .................. 120 On Ground of Former Marriage .......... 121 On Ground of Prohibited Degree ......... 123 On Ground of Non-Performance of Necessary Ceremonies.................. 124 Dissolution of Marriage ............................... 126 Dissolution of Marriage under Canon Law ........ 126 In the Case of a Ratified but Non-Consummated Marriage ............ 127 In the Case of a Marriage per Pauline Privilege ................... 129 In the Case of a Marriage in Favour of Faith ....................... 130 hi the Case of the Presumed Death of a Spouse ..................... 131 Dissolution of Marriage under Civil Law .......... 132 On Ground of Adultery ................ 134 On Ground of Cruelty .................. 137 On Ground of Adultery and Cruelty .......................... 139 On Ground of Adultery and Desertion......................... 141 On Ground of Incestuous Adultery ............................. 144 On Ground of Bigamy with Adultery ....................... 144 On Ground of Marriage with Adultery ....................... 145 On Ground of Change of Religion and Re-Marriage, ....................... 146 On Ground of Rape, Sodomy or Bestiality ........................ 147 On Ground of Virulent or Communicable Disease ............................ 148 On Ground of Presumption of Death ........................... 150 On Ground of Mutual Consent ......... 150 OTHER RELIEFS ....................... 153 Maintenance Pendente Lite ............................ 153 Permanent Alimony .................................. 155 Custody of Children .................................. 157 Enforcement of Decrees and Orders ..................... 158 Re-Marriage .................................... 160 Convalidation of Marriage ............................. 161 Reconciliation .................................... 165 AN EVALUATION OF CANON LAW AND CIVIL LAW A JURIDICAL EVALUATION ............ 175