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Prawo o wyborze papieża po nowelizacji z 2007 roku

2014; Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek; Volume: 18; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15804/ppk.2014.02.17

2082-1212

Krzysztof Urbaniak,

Polish Legal and Social Issues

The purpose of this article is to analyse the papal election law, especially in regard to its amendment in 2007.Papal election procedure is one of the oldest codified rules related to election in public institutions, which take effect till nowadays.The article presents the development of rules related to the election of the pope since the early Christian period till now.Conducted analysis proves that relevant rules related to the papal election remain unchanged: the only electors are cardinals, qualified majority of votes is required in order to successfully elect the pope, voting is performed in isolation from the outer world and is secret.The article thoroughly analyses the rules of voting system imposed by the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis issued by Pope Jean Paul II in 1996, in particular a possibility of the exemption from the traditional qualified majority rule, namely choosing the pope by application of absolute majority voting when the qualified majority voting does not result in an election.Another part of the article is devoted to the amendment of regulations related to the voting system issued by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.Closing part of the article are remarks concerning 2013 amendment in the face of forthcoming conclave related to the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. * I.Procedura wyboru papieży należy do najstarszych obowiązujących do czasów obecnych skodyfikowanych reguł dotyczących wyborów w instytucjach publicznych.