European Secularism, 1801–2020
摘要
Royce explains how the positivist legal revolutions in France and Austria comparatively disestablished but did not destroy the Roman Catholic canon law. Thorough analysis is then provided of the distinctive French and Austrian concordats spanning the entire interval of the study, the norms of which are positioned between the strongly ecclesiological and strongly ideational. Amid growing exceptions, obstacles, and threats to the positive legal order beyond the remit of the analysis, the informed criticism of political theorist Eric Voegelin is resubmitted to facilitate comprehension.