Legislative activity of Serbian Medieval rulers

Pre-requisites: Regular attendance at consultations and class, writing papers, active participation in working with texts.

Course objectives: Introducing students to the history of law in the Middle Ages and examining the legislative activity of serbian rulers from Stefan Nemanja to despot Stefan Lazarevic.

Course description: Theoretical component: class will consist mainly of lectures on the development of serbian law and its institutions. Practical component: there will be a few labs in which we will examine the most important legal texts.

Learning Outcomes: Students will have basic knowledge of legislative activity of serbian rulers during the middle ages.

Literature/Reading:

• Istorija srpskog naroda I–II, Beograd 1981–1982 (ili neko od kasnijih izdanja).
• K. Jireček, Istorija Srba I–II, Beograd 1952 (ili neko od kasnijih izdanja).
• S. Novaković, Zakonik Stefana Dušana cara srpskog, Beograd 1898 (reprint: 2004).
• A. Solovjev, Zakonik cara Dušana 1349. i 1354, Beograd 1980.
• R. Mihaljčić, Vojnički zakon, Zbornik FF u Beogradu 12-1 (1974) 305-309.
• N. Radojčić, Zakon cara Stefana Dušana 1349. i 1354, Beograd 1960.
• N. Radojčić, Rudarski zakon despota Stefana Lazarevića, Beograd 1962.
• Đ. Đekić, Zakonodavna delatnost kralja Milutina, Ruma 2001.
• M. Blagojević, Zakon svetog Simeona i svetoga Save, Sava Nemanjić - Sveti Sava, istorija i predanje, Beograd 1979, 129—166.
• R. Mihaljčić, Stari srpski zakon, IČ 32 (1990) 21-26.
• R. Mihaljčić, Zakoni u starim srpskim ispravama, Beograd 2006.
• T. Taranovski, Istorija srpskog prava u nemanjićkoj državi 1-4, Beograd 1931-35 (reprint: 2002).
• Leksikon srpskog srednjeg veka, priredili S. Ćirković i R. Mihaljčić, Beograd 1999.