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Evidence (Canon law) --- Matrimonial actions (Canon law) --- Catholic Church.

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Does religious confession privilege exist at common law? Most evidence law texts answer ‘no’. This analysis shows that most of the cases relied upon for the ‘no religious confession privilege conclusion’ are not authority for that conclusion. The origin of the privilege in the canon law in the first millennium AD is traced and its reception into common law is documented. Proof that religious confession privilege continues unbroken at common law through to the present day is of obvious importance in jurisdictions where there is no relevant statute. A correct understanding of the common law extant before statutes were passed will influence whether those statutes are broadly or narrowly interpreted. The book also brings the reader up to date on the state of religious confession privilege in the United States, Canada, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Confession (Canon law) --- Confession (Law) --- Confidential communications. --- Evidence (Canon law) --- Evidence (Law) --- Freedom of religion. --- Liberty of conscience. --- Canon law --- Freedom of religion --- Freedom of worship --- Intolerance --- Liberty of religion --- Religious freedom --- Religious liberty --- Separation of church and state --- Freedom of expression --- Liberty --- Extrinsic evidence --- Parol evidence --- Trial evidence --- Actions and defenses --- Judicial process --- Trial practice --- Estoppel --- Communications, Confidential --- Confidential communications --- Confidential relationships --- Confidentiality --- Privileged communications (Confidential communications) --- Professional secrets --- Secrets, Professional --- Confession --- Criminal law --- Objections (Evidence) --- Personality (Law) --- Professional ethics --- Secrecy --- Privacy, Right of --- Criminal procedure --- Evidence, Criminal --- Freedom of conscience --- Conscience --- Toleration --- Catholic Church --- Law and legislation