Canons on the Interpretation of the Law in Codified Systems: a Comparativ e Law Study

Abstract

The canons provided in the CIC for the interpretation of norms (canons 16-19 CIC) do not so much re­spond to a peculiar canonical tradition as to a concrete codifying model, pe­culiar to a very different context from today. Comparing the canonical norms with other codes that follow the same model and with codes of different mod­els helps to contextualize the interpre­tive canons more lucidly within a broad­er tradition – the ius commune – allowing the restarting of an enriching dialogue between canon law and secular laws.