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A discussion between Professor Cathleen (Cathy) Kaveny, professor of Law and Theology at Boston College Professor Anna Rowlands, holder of the St Hilda Chair of Catholic Social Thought and Practice at Durham University.

The current geopolitical moment is raising serious questions about the rule of law, its meaning, roots, and efficacy in a world in which power is becoming increasingly associated with the will of individuals.

Catholic social teaching has reflected on the rule of law since its modern inception and draws on a longer Catholic tradition of moral theory about the law. Professor Cathleen Kaveny (Boston College), who holds a joint professorial chair in law and theology will reflect with us on some of that history and some of the reasons why we need to renew our tradition's attention to this question today.

This webinar will identify and differentiate teaching on the rule of law from reflection on democracy (to which it is related but distinct), relate the crisis in the rule of law to the wider crisis in what constitutes the common good.

The Catholic Centre for Social Thought and Practice brings together academics, charities, religious orders and social movements who are engaged in Catholic social thought and practice, and facilitate an ongoing conversation about how to think, talk, and act in response to our rapidly changing context and the social thought of the Church.

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