State-legal foundation of medieval Serbia in the provisions of Dušan's Code Državno-pravno utemeljenje srpske srednjovekovne države u odredbama Dušanovog zakonika application/pdf 741365 bytes info:eu-repo/semantics/article Keywords: Dušan’s Code, principles, punishment, discrimination, the Middle Ages, Serbia Ključne reči: Dušanov zakonik, načela, kažnjavanje, diskriminacija, srednji vek, Srbija Joksić, Ivan Pravo - teorija i praksa vol. 39 br. 4 str. 56-76 eng https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:1909 doi:10.5937/ptp2204059J ISSN: 0352-3713 2022 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode ABSTRACT: This paper represents a synthesis of knowledge acquired by the author through studying Dušan’s Code. It analyzes the provisions reflecting the state-forming ambitions of Emperor Dušan. Considering the fact that he was aware of the size and strength of his state, which was legally grounded, the Code had to meet the Emperor’s expectations. The critics of his authoritarian rule cannot deny that he had purposefully limited his own (legal) power. Thereby, the legislative technique being used was fully in the spirit of the time and space in which the Code was to be applied. Therefore, it is the author’s intention to point out the provisions of Dušan’s Code in which the original sources of Serbian statehood could be traced back. The issue of originality of Dušan’s Code will be discussed contextually regarding the content of certain regulations. This is hindered by the fact that Dušan’s Code was transcribed over twenty times, and the contents of those transcriptions were not fully identical. Therefore, the originality of the provisions in Dušan’s Code should also be evaluated in relation to its previous legal monuments. REZIME: Rad predstavlja sintezu saznanja do kojih je autor došao proučavajući Dušanov zakonik. Analiziraju se odredbe u kojima se ispoljavaju državotvorne ambicije cara Dušana. Budući da je bio svestan veličine i snage države, koja ima svoje pravno izvorište, Zakonik je morao ispuniti careva očekivanja. Kritičari njegove autoritarne vlasti ne mogu osporavati da je ciljano (pravno) ograničio sopstvenu vlast. Pritom je legislativna tehnika bila potpuno u duhu prostora i vremena u kome se Zakonik trebao primenjivati. Zato je namera autora da ukaže na odredbe Dušanovog zakonika u kojima se mogu prepoznati originalni izvori srpske državnosti. Pitanje originalnosti Dušanovog zakonika biće razmotreno u kontekstu sadržaja određenih odredbi. Na tom putu stoje činjenice da je Dušanov zakonik doživeo preko 20 prepisa čiji sadržaji nisu u potpunosti podudarni. Stoga, originalnost odredbi Dušanovog zakonika treba ceniti i u odnosu na njemu prethodeće pravne spomenike.