Canon law

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Canon law touches on every area of Orthodox Church life, including Ecclesiology, Liturgy, and Ethics.

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N. Athanasiev. "The Canons of the Church: Changeable or Unchangeable?" St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, 11(1967), pp. 54-68.
Lewis J. Patsavos. The Canon Law of the Orthodox Catholic Church (Mimeographed Notes). Brookline, Mass.: Holy Cross Bookstore, 1975.
Henry R. Percival, Ed. The Seven Ecumenical Councils. "Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers," Second Series, Vol. 14. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1956.
Erickson, John H., The Challenge of Our Past: Studies in Orthodox Canon Law and Church History (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press 1991).
The Stand of the Orthodox Church on Controversial Issues by Stanley Harakas
B. Archondonis. "A Common Code for the Orthodox Churches," Kanon I (1973), pp. 45-53.
The Theology of Oikonomia and Its Implications for Sacramental and Ecumenical Perspectives by Sabu John
The Canonical Tradition of the Orthodox Church by Lewis Patsavos
The Russian Canonical Territory - some comments from an Orthodox historico-canonical perspective

Byzantine Legal Documents - An index by Paul Halsall
Post-Byzantine Law on the Web - This site is devoted to the promotion of the study of law in Venetian and Ottoman Greece to the 19th century
The Rudder
Canons and Definitions of the Ecumenical Councils
Canons of the Orthodox Church

Byzantine Catholic canon law - Code of Canons for the Oriental Churches
Roman Catholic - Catholic Encyclopedia article on Canon Law (outdated, but informative)
In Judaism, see w:Halakha
In Islam, see w:Sharia, w:Fatwa, and w:Fiqh