Development of private law and Roman law tradition in Serbia from the middle ages until 2006

Abstract

From the 14th century onwards the following fontes iuris influenced the Serbian legal system: the Eklogé tón nomón, the Nomos geórgikos, the Nomokanon of Pseudo-Phótios, the Syntagma tón theión kai hierón nomón (Syntagma kata stoicheion) of the monk Matthaios Blastarés and the Procheiron nomón (Hexabiblos) of Konstantinos Armenopoulos. The (second) Serbian Civil code was promulgated in 1844 under the rule of duke Alexander Karadjordjević. This code was modeled after the Austrian General Civil Code (ABGB). In 1946 lost its effectiveness the entire pre-war legal system. The federal constitution of 1963 laid down the constitutional basics of the so called self-management. The act on the associated labour („Code of the Self Management“) regulated the relations among the socialist economic associations. In 1978 was adopted the federal act on the law of obligations. In 1988 was promulgated the act on the commercial companies. According to the constitution of 1992 of the Yugoslav Federal Republic and to the Constitutional Charter of 2003 of the Federation of Serbia and Montenegro remained in implementation both the previous federal law and the law in effect in Serbia and in Montenegro..