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Combining Autocracy and Majority Voting: The Canonical Succession Rules of the Latin Church

In: The Political Economy of Theocracy

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  • Luisa Giuriato

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Numerantur enim sententiae, non ponderantur, nec aliud in publico consilio potest fieri 1 (Plinius, Epistulae, Book II, 12, 5): the Latin Church opposed for centuries the application of this principle to the procedures for its leadership replacement, which were essentially based on elections. Unanimity and the weighting of votes had dominated the ecclesiastic elections during the first millennium, until the pure numerical rule of majority was given juridical (canonical) form2 and was finally adopted, in coincidence with the major institutional reform of the Church in the eleventh to thirteenth century.

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  • Luisa Giuriato, 2009. "Combining Autocracy and Majority Voting: The Canonical Succession Rules of the Latin Church," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Mario Ferrero & Ronald Wintrobe (ed.), The Political Economy of Theocracy, chapter 6, pages 143-164, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-62006-3_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230620063_7
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    • D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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