Contributi di Enrica Martinelli

SOMMARIO: 1. Il divieto di maternità surrogata nell’ordinamento italiano - 2. Diritto ebraico e bioetica - 3. “Crescete e moltiplicatevi”. Il precetto divino di procreare e la maternità surrogata nel diritto ebraico - 4. Conclusioni.

Some starting points for comparison between Italian law and Jewish law on surrogate motherhood

ABSTRACT: Recent scientific progress in reproductive biotechnologies implies significant transformations in terms of the value and culture of the concept of maternity, which is no longer attributable to the legal definition of “mother” offered by Italian civil legislation. Assisted reproductive technologies separate the reproductive aspect and sexual union of the couple, finally leading to the metamorphosis of the relational dynamics underlying the “family identity” and the birth of new types of biolegal contracts. The study sets out to compare the approach that the Italian legal system reserves for the phenomenon of surrogacy with that which has developed at the heart of Jewish law. The interesting variety of opinions of the rabbinical authorities, which express both the Orthodox positions and the more progressive ones, show how Jewish speculation around bioethical reproductive issues has led to a respectful comparison of knowledge and judgements of the minority opinions that enter, with equal dignity, into the legal debate and are enhanced by the absence of a superior interpretation.

SOMMARIO: 1. Discretio iudicii abituale e attuale - 2. Gravità del defectus iudicii - 3. L’influsso del defectus iudicii sugli iura et officia matrimonialia essentialia mutuo tradenda et acceptanda.

Discretio iudicii, mental disease, iura et officia matrimonialia essentialia, nullity of marriage, psychic ability to marry.

ABSTRACT: The present essay, starting from the legal regulation of the discretio iudicii in the canon law system, tries to specify its conceptual essence and its peculiar characteristics relatively to the matrimonial institution. Particular attention has been paid to the attempt to clarify the connection between the defectus discretionis iudicii and the iura et officia matrimonialia essentialia and also the incidence of the different kinds of mental diseases on the expression of a valid matrimonial consent.
 

 

SOMMARIO: 1. Considerazioni introduttive - 2. Inadeguatezza del binomio intelletto-volontà quale strumento valutativo del consenso matrimoniale - 3. Le sinergie psichiche alla base della discretio iudicii: l’approccio intellettivo - 4. La conoscenza critico-estimativa - 5. La libera formazione del processo volitivo - 6. Il criterio di proporzionalità della discretio iudicii.

Discretio iudicii, mental disease, iura et officia matrimonialia essentialia, nullity of marriage, psychic ability to marry.

ABSTRACT: The present essay, starting from the legal regulation of the discretio iudicii in the canon law system, tries to specify its conceptual essence and its peculiar characteristics relatively to the matrimonial institution. Particular attention has been paid to the attempt to clarify the connection between the defectus discretionis iudicii and the iura et officia matrimonialia essentialia and also the incidence of the different kinds of mental diseases on the expression of a valid matrimonial consent.

SOMMARIO: 1. Il matrimonio nella teologia ortodossa - 2. I caratteri essenziali del matrimonio ortodosso - 3. Il principio di oἰκονομία - 4. Oἰκονομία e indissolubilità del matrimonio.

Divorce and oikonomia in Orthodox canon law: the merciful application of the law

ABSTRACT: Despite the fact that the principles of the unity and indissolubility of the conjugal bond represent constituent and essential properties of the sacrament of marriage in Eastern law, Orthodox theology allows some exceptions due to the schlerocardia of man, permitting the “economic” application of the rule. The paper aims to outline the ontological essence of oikonomia as a transposition in the human dimension of the redeeming force of the divine condescension. According to tradition, the institution finds its privileged application in marriage; therefore, the intention is to demonstrate that Orthodox ecclesiology tolerates second marriages as the “lesser evil” compared to fornication. This applies both to second marriages of divorcees and widows/widowers, since the sacrament of marriage survives the physical death of the spouse and remains a real image of the Mystery of the Incarnation. The paper will then analyse the circumstances that justify the “economic” interpretation of the precept: the “moral death” of the marriage due to a serious and despicable act, collective good, the worse damage that could derive from the rigid interpretation of the rule (akribeia)