Outline of Catholic canon law

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the canon law of the Catholic Church: Catholic canon law is the set of rules and principles (laws) by which the Catholic Church is governed, through enforcement by governmental authorities. Law is also the field which concerns the creation and administration of laws.

Legal history
Legal history of the Catholic Church
 * 1917 Code of Canon Law

Corpus Juris Canonici
Corpus Juris Canonici
 * Decretist
 * Regulæ Juris
 * Decretals of Gregory IX
 * Decretalist
 * Decretum Gratiani
 * Extravagantes
 * Liber Septimus

Ancient church orders
Ancient church orders
 * Didache
 * The Apostolic Constitutions
 * Canons of the Apostles

Other

 * Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals
 * Benedictus Deus (Pius IV)
 * Contractum trinius
 * Defect of birth
 * Jus exclusivae
 * Papal appointment
 * Right of option

Liturgical law

 * Ecclesia Dei
 * Mysterii Paschalis
 * Sacrosanctum concilium
 * Musicam sacram
 * Summorum Pontificum
 * Tra le sollecitudini

Sacramental law

 * Communicatio in sacris
 * Ex opere operato
 * Omnium in mentem
 * Valid but illicit

Holy Orders

 * Impediment
 * Abstemius
 * Clerical celibacy
 * Nullity of Sacred Ordination
 * Apostolicae curae
 * Dimissorial letters
 * Approbation

Confession

 * Apostolic Penitentiary
 * Complicit absolution
 * Canon penitentiary
 * Internal and external forum
 * Paenitentiale Theodori
 * Penitential canons
 * Seal of the Confessional

Eucharist

 * Eucharistic discipline
 * Canon 915

Matrimonial law

 * Banns of Marriage
 * Declaration of Nullity
 * Matrimonial Nullity Trial Reforms of Pope Francis
 * Defender of the Bond
 * Natural marriage

Impediments to marriage

 * Affinity
 * Bigamy
 * Clandestinity
 * Impediment of crime
 * Disparity of cult
 * Ligamen
 * Public propriety

Matrimonial dispensation

 * Ratum sed non consummatum
 * Sanatio in radice
 * Pauline privilege
 * Petrine privilege

Trials and tribunals

 * Tribunals
 * Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
 * Tribunal of the Roman Rota
 * Apostolic Penitentiary

Tribunal officers

 * Judicial Vicar/Officialis
 * Auditor
 * Advocatus Diaboli
 * Defender of the Bond

Tribunal procedure

 * Appeal as from an abuse
 * Presumption

Particular churches

 * Particular churches sui juris
 * Latin Church
 * Eastern Catholic Churches
 * Local particular churches
 * Abbacy nullius
 * Abbot nullius
 * Apostolic vicariate
 * Apostolic vicar
 * Apostolic administration
 * Apostolic administrator
 * Archdiocese
 * Diocese
 * Aeque principaliter
 * Cathedraticum
 * In persona episcopi
 * Chancery
 * Deanery
 * Vicar forane
 * Archeparchy
 * Eparchy
 * Military ordinariate
 * Mission sui juris
 * Personal ordinariate
 * Anglicanorum Coetibus

Juridic persons

 * Parish
 * Roman Curia
 * Dicastery
 * Congregation
 * Pontifical council
 * Personal Prelature

Jurisprudence

 * Benefice
 * Canonical coronation
 * Canonically crowned images
 * Computation of time
 * Contract law
 * Custom
 * Delegata potestas non potest delegari
 * Derogation
 * Dispensation
 * Taxa Innocentiana
 * Indult
 * Impediment
 * Interpretation
 * Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
 * Jurisdiction
 * Peritus
 * Obreption & subreption
 * Obrogation
 * Promulgation
 * Resignation of the Roman Pontiff
 * Sede vacante
 * Vacatio legis
 * Valid but illicit

Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law

 * Theology
 * Ecclesiology
 * Treatise on Law
 * Determinatio

Law of persons

 * Person (Catholic canon law)
 * Canonical age
 * Canonical faculties (Catholic canon law)
 * Clerics and public office
 * Clerical celibacy
 * Consecrated life
 * Defect of birth
 * Emancipation
 * Juridic & physical persons
 * Jus patronatus
 * Laicization (dispensation)

Canonical documents

 * Acta Apostolicae Sedis
 * Acta Sanctae Sedis
 * Notary (Catholic canon law)
 * Protonotary apostolic
 * Apostolic constitution
 * Canon
 * Concordat
 * Decree
 * Decretal
 * Encyclical
 * Motu proprio
 * Ordinance
 * Papal brief
 * Papal bull
 * Penitential
 * Positive law
 * Rescript

Penal law

 * Canon 1324
 * Canon 1397 §2
 * Censure (canon law)
 * Excommunication
 * List of excommunicable offences in the Catholic Church
 * List of people excommunicated by the Catholic Church
 * List of cardinals excommunicated by the Catholic Church
 * Interdict
 * Internal and external forum
 * Laicization (penal)
 * Latae sententiae
 * Ferendae sententiae
 * Lifetime of prayer and penance

Procedural law
Election of the Roman Pontiff
 * Universi Dominici gregis
 * Papal renunciation

Academic degrees

 * Licentiate of Canon Law
 * Doctor of Canon Law
 * Doctor Juris Utriusque