Doubt of law

In this publication, the author exposes the historical background of the elaboration and the insertion of the norm about doubt of law. The book studies sources, the doctrine in general and the practical applications about dubium iuris. The author also explains the main problems that doubt of law poses and examines the answers offered by the doctrine. The discussion of the theme is in continuous dialogue with the past and contemporary doctrine, whereby the author highlights the moral and, more specifically, the juridical challenges that may arise from the application of the norm about dubium iuris.

Prof. Kevin Otieno MWANDHA, SDB, is a Catholic religious priest belonging to the Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians of Don Bosco). He is from Africa, Republic of Kenya, Siaya County. He obtains Doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross – Rome. He has taught as an invited lecturer at the Institute of Youth Studies – Tangaza University College (Nairobi), Don Bosco Utume (Nairobi) – an International Salesian Theologate affiliated to the Salesian Pontifical University, and at Studium Theologicum Salesianum – Jerusalem Campus, Israel. He is currently a professor at the Faculty of Canon Law – Salesian Pontifical University, Rome.