The lectures in this edition follow the perspective of Pope St. John Paul II:
"The judge must... abide by canonical laws, correctly interpreted. Hence, he must never lose sight of the intrinsic connection of juridical norms with Church doctrine. Indeed, people sometimes presume to separate Church law from the Church’s magisterial teaching as though they belonged to two separate spheres; they suppose the former alone to have juridically binding force, whereas they value the latter merely as a directive or an exhortation"
(Address to the members of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, January 29, 2005, no. 6).