Briefly describe the historical position of church law.

Briefly describe the historical position of church law.

Check the answers and analyze the correct answers (1). Church law is an important part of western legal tradition and one of the three legal pillars in medieval western Europe. The Middle Ages is a bridge between ancient civilization and modern civilization. Medieval church law is not only the inheritance of western classical legal culture, but also the founder of western modern legal culture. Church law, Roman law and Germanic law interacted, and * * * together constituted the three legal pillars of medieval Western Europe, forming a pluralistic legal system. (2) Church law has a far-reaching influence on the law and legal theory of later generations. In criminal law, it emphasizes that the purpose of punishment lies in educational reform, and advocates religious influence and moral correction on criminals, which has a positive impact on modern criminal law thought. The procedural law requires judges to follow the requirements of "conscience" in the trial, which lays the foundation for the formation of the principle of "free evaluation of evidence". In the aspect of marriage and family, such as the principle of monogamy, the principle of marital autonomy, the principle of equal status of husband and wife, etc., all have an important influence on the marriage and family system of modern bourgeois countries, and still maintain a certain legal binding force. In terms of international law, there are abundant provisions for solving the relations between countries, and at the same time, the use of weapons in wartime is strictly restricted. The norms of international relations, international dispute settlement mechanism and humanitarian law of war in modern international law are all related to medieval church law. (P 107)

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Knowledge points of this topic: the basic characteristics and historical position of church law,