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The case of the Pope : Vatican accountability for human rights abuse / by Geoffrey Robertson.

By: Robertson, Geoffrey.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Penguin, 2010Description: ix, 228 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780241953846 (pbk.) :; 0241953847 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927- | Child sexual abuse by clergy (Canon law) | Sex crimes (Canon law) | Privileges and immunities, Ecclesiastical | Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Catholic ChurchDDC classification: 262.982 ROB
Contents:
1. Suffer the little children -- 2. Sins of the fathers -- 3. Canon Law -- 4. The Lateran Treaty -- 5. The Statehood Test -- 6. The Holy See and the United Nations -- 7. The Convention on the Rights of the Child -- 8. A case to answer? -- 9. Crimes against humanity -- 10. Can the Pope be sued? -- 11. Reflections
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

THE CASE OF THE POPE delivers a devastating indictment of the way the Vatican has run a secret legal system that shields paedophile priests from criminal trial around the world.

Is the Pope morally or legally responsible for the negligence that has allowed so many terrible crimes to go unpunished? Should he and his seat of power, the Holy See, continue to enjoy an immunity that places them above the law?

Geoffrey Robertson QC, a distinguished human rights lawyer and judge, evinces a deep respect for the good works of Catholics and their church. But, he argues, unless Pope Benedict XVI can divest himself of the beguilements of statehood and devotion to obsolescent canon law, the Vatican will remain a serious enemy to the advance of human rights.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Suffer the little children -- 2. Sins of the fathers -- 3. Canon Law -- 4. The Lateran Treaty -- 5. The Statehood Test -- 6. The Holy See and the United Nations -- 7. The Convention on the Rights of the Child -- 8. A case to answer? -- 9. Crimes against humanity -- 10. Can the Pope be sued? -- 11. Reflections

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Suffer the Little Children (p. 1)
  • 2 Sins of the Fathers (p. 14)
  • 3 Canon Law (p. 42)
  • 4 The Lateran Treaty (p. 63)
  • 5 The Statehood Test (p. 79)
  • 6 The Holy See and the United Nations (p. 96)
  • 7 The Convention on the Rights of the Child (p. 112)
  • 8 A Case to Answer? (p. 121)
  • 9 Crimes Against Humanity (p. 134)
  • 10 Can the Pope be Sued? (p. 151)
  • 11 Reflections (p. 163)
  • Appendix A A bishop on the stand (p. 175)
  • Appendix B Extracts from Crimen Sollicitationis (p. 189)
  • Appendix C Extracts from Sacramentorum sanctitatus tutela: Apostolic letter from Cardinal Ratzinger (2001) (p. 198)
  • Appendix D de gravioribus delictis (July 2010) (p. 201)
  • Bibliography (p. 205)
  • Notes (p. 214)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Geoffrey Robertson QC, a distinguished human rights lawyer and judge, evinces a deep respect for the good works of Catholics and their church. But, he argues, unless Pope Benedict XVI can divest himself of the beguilements of statehood and devotion to obsolescent Canon Law, the Vatican will remain a serious enemy to the advance of human rights.