Parental Authority and Freedom of Marriage
Cases from the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Manila (1781-1790)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21435610 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marya Svetlana Camacho (University of Asia and the Pacific, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 168 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philippiniana Sacra (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0115-9577 • E-ISSN: 2651-7418 |
| Publisher | Ecclesiastical Publications Office, University of Santo Tomas (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.55997/2006pslvi168a |
| OpenAlex | W4285468047 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Through the Real Pragmtica of 23 March 1776 and its derivative laws, parental permission for betrothal and marriage of minors became a civil requirement in Spain and its overseas colonies. The law primarily intended to prevent marriages of persons of unequal status with a view to preserving familial position and stability, an objective that coincided with the critical importance of parental intervention in marriage choices among Filipino natives. This extension of royal jurisdiction in marriage, which for centuries had belonged to ecclesiastical jurisdiction, confronted the Church's defense of freedom of marriage as essential for its validity. Against the backdrop of legal-moral doctrine on freedom of consent and obedience to parents, on the one hand, and sociocultural values related to marriage on the other, this article examines how the Real Pragmtica was understood and applied in the territory of the archdiocese of Manila through some cases processed in the ecclesiastical tribunal approximately in the first decade of implementation
Doctrine · Intervention (counseling) · Jurisdiction · Marriage law · Obedience · Political science · Sociology · Tribunal · Early Modern Spanish Literature · Early Modern Women Writers · Latin American history and culture · Law · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |