Law of the Church in Wales

The most accessible and comprehensive statement of the law of the Church in Wales, this book is an accessible and practical guide to the rules, rights, and duties that have an impact on the Church's life and role in society. A complicated body of rules that are the product of continuous historical development, theological reflection, and practical action regulates the Church in Wales. This book sets out these legal structures and how they operate within the laws of the State and the laws of other churches in the Anglican Communion. It describes how the Church organizes its internal government, the rights and duties of its clergy and lay people, its public worship, its rites, its relations with other Christian churches, and its property and finances.

Author Biography: Norman Doe is professor at the law school in Cardiff University, and director of the Centre for Law and Religion. He is also the author of Fundamental Authority in Late Medieval English Law, The Legal Framework of the Church of England, and Canon Law in the Anglican Communion.