Diploma in Matrimonial Jurisprudence

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Programs and Courses

The Diploma comprises Seminars on Jurisprudence about various causes of nullity, alternating with Reading Courses regarding marriage, tribunals, different types of canonical processes and related medical issues. The Seminar lecturers, after presenting the doctrine and theory on a particular ground of nullity, will distribute summary sample case files and acts related to the topic treated in that Seminar. Students take turns drafting the Advocate’s defense, writing up the Defender of the Bond’s observations, and preparing the Judge's sentence. Finally, after the work has been evaluated, the lecturer moderates a group discussion on the case presentations.

The language used in teaching and interaction is Italian and the reading materials are in Italian and Latin. The assignments can be completed in any of the official languages of the University, to be arranged at the professor’s discretion and according to his or her proficiencies.

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REGISTRATION

The maximum number of students admitted to the Diploma is fourteen. Applications should be addressed to the Director of the Programme by email (fdc.gp@unigre.it). Requests regarding acceptance (or not) will be answered before the end of June. Candidates from the Gregorian faculty take precedence in the selection process

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  • Licentiate or Doctorate in Canon Law;
  • Proficiency in Latin and Italian, to be described on the application for admission;
  • Application from the candidate; in the case of a cleric or religious, authorization by one’s superior; in the case of a lay person, a letter of presentation from an ecclesiastical authority

DURATION

The one-year Programme encompasses an entire academic year, from October to the end of May. It involves 140 days of instruction (with 3 hours of lessons a day) of which 100 days are dedicated to Seminars and the other 40 to the Reading Courses. It is possible to enroll simultaneously in the Doctorate in Canon Law and in the Diploma of Specialization. In this case, participation in the courses of the Diploma replaces that of the Cursus ad doctoratum.

CREDITS

60 ECTS

Courses List A.Y. 2025-2026

1° Semestre

Mandatory Courses
GMP301 MATRIMONII STRUCTURA IURIDICA ET SACRAMENTALIS 0.5 ECTS
GMP302 DE APOSTOLICAE SEDIS TRIBUNALIBUS 1.5 ECTS
GMP303 DEONTOLOGIA IUDICIALIS 0.5 ECTS
GMP304 QUAESTIONES SELECTAE PROCESSUS 2 ECTS
GMP305 QUAESTIONES ARTIS MEDICAE DE MATRIMONIO 1.5 ECTS
Prescribed Seminars
GMS301 DE IMPOTENTIA COËUNDI 8 ECTS
GMS302 DE VI ET METU 8 ECTS
GMS303 DE SIMULATIONE 8 ECTS

2° Semestre

Mandatory Courses
GMP306 DE PROCESSIBUS MATRIMONIALIBUS SPECIALIBUS 2 ECTS
GMP307 DE ALIIS PROCESSIBUS SPECIALIBUS 5 ECTS
Prescribed Seminars
GMS304 DE IGNORANTIA, ERRORE, DOLO, CONDICIONE 8 ECTS
GMS305 DE GRAVI DEFECTU DISCRETIONIS IUDICII 8 ECTS
GMS306 DE INCAPACITATE OBLIGATIONES ESSENTIALES MATRIMONII ASSUMENDI 8 ECTS