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Relief In Jersey And Guernsey: Something And Nothing?

This article offers in several parts a short account of the custom in the Islands governing relief. We consider first how it may have come into being and how its principal characteristics thereafter evolved. A comparison between Jersey and Guernsey and the continuing...

Changes In Jersey Ecclesiastical Law

The customary law of Jersey governed matters in the sacramental life of the twelve parishes of Jersey in line with the universal Canon law. The development of a distinct body of ecclesiastical law for Jersey began with the Island’s attachment to the episcopal See of...