The recent reform of the Order of studies in the Faculties of Canon Law, carried out by the Decree of 2.IX.02 of the Congregation for Catholic Education, has introduced a new discipline in the Second Cycle of Licentiate, called «Theology of Canon Law». The novelty of this discipline, which did not figure in the anterior Order of study, makes it necessary to consider what may be its nature, content and method. In this work I propose two objectives. On the one hand, to make a critical commentary to the book of P. Gherri-«Lezioni di Teologia del Diritto Canonico», Lateran University Press, Roma, 2004- which is one of the first books that appeared after the reform which intends to respond to the mentioned...