Full text of the paper:
Collected Papers of the Faculty of Law, University of Novi Sad
2020, vol. LIV, No. 1, pp. 519–530
language of the paper: English
Overview paper
udk: 34(495.02)“03/14“
doi: 10.5937/zrpfns54-17584
Author:
Milan Macura, Ph.D. Student
University of Belgrade
Faculty of Law Belgrade
milan.macura992@gmail.com
Abstract:
The term Byzantium or Byzantine Empire is used for a state creation that existed from the 4th to the 15th century, more precisely until 1453 and the fall of Constantinople due to the Ottoman conquests. Regardless of what historical discussions and opinions otherwise differ regarding the origin of Byzantium, in this scholarly work May 11th, 330 AD, was taken as the beginning of the Byzantine Empire, the date when New Rome came into existence (Greek ΝέαῬώμη, Lat. Nova Roma) at the site of the Byzantine Greek colony. The paper will analyze the influence of Byzantine law on the further development of the law in the world, as well as the temporal continuity and development of Byzantine law that relies on Roman law. In addition, through a comparison of the Byzantine Code Members and later Dusan’s Code, the theory of legal transplants developed by Alan Watson will be analyzed.
Keywords:
Byzantine law, legal transplants, development of law, Byzantine Empire, Roman law.