The Legal System of the Vatican City State

This book examines one of the fundamental phenomena in jurisprudence, Legal Transplants (reception of law), the study of which allows us both to determine the relationships between various legal systems and between civil law and other normative systems. Taking the Vatical City State as a case study, the work explores the theoretical and practical significance of canon law in the legal system. It analyses the sources of law and how it is applied in practice, especially in the jurisprudence of the