For more than a quarter of a century Professor Norman Doe has been in the forefront of the study and teaching of ecclesiastical law and the constitutional position of church and state. The extent and breadth of his published work is well known to scholars in both these fields and, as founder and director of the Centre for Law and Religion at its School of Law and Politics, he has put Cardiff on the map as a leading research centre as well as teaching pioneering courses on law and religion. He has revived the teaching of canon law in England and Wales, which had been dormant since its prohibition at the time of the Reformation.

This week sees Norman’s accomplishments recognised in the publication by Cambridge University Press of a collection of essays: The Confluence of Law and Religion: Interdisciplinary Reflections on the Work of Norman Doe, edited by Mark Hill, Celia Kenny, Russell Sandberg – and me. Its publication also marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Cardiff LLM in Canon Law. Continue reading →