Zagrebačka pravna revija, Vol. 4 No. 3, 2015.
Pregledni rad
Consuls and the Consular Service of Dubrovnik (Communes) and the Dubrovnik Republic in the Hinterland of the Balkans (12th - 15th Century)
Gordana Venier
Sažetak
From as early as the 12th century, medieval Dubrovnik guided the development of trade, as an important branch of the economy, towards the countries of the Balkan hinterland, where the first settlements of the merchants of Dubrovnik were established (merchants’ colonies). Due to the unregulated social and economic relations in the countries in the Balkan hinterland, the authorities in Dubrovnik, in order to ensure the prosperity of trade and provide protection to the inhabitants of the merchants’ colonies, appointed a consul-nobleman at their head. The elected consuls of Dubrovnik in the Balkans, in addition to the function of protecting the interests of trade and the merchants of Dubrovnik, also performed the function of consuls magistrates (also known as consuls of justice). The operation of the consular service in these areas from the beginning of the 14th century was legally regulated by a piece of legislation titled “De ordinibus Consulis elligendi pro iure reddendo inter Racuseos in Sclauonia, Bosnia, Servia et Bulgaria“, whose legacy can be seen even today in the modern codified sources of consular and diplomatic law.
Ključne riječi
Consulate and consular service; trade privileges; the function of the consul-magistrate as consuls of justice; special consuls; the first regulation on the consuls of Dubrovnik from the 14th century
Hrčak ID:
159405
URI
Datum izdavanja:
7.3.2016.
Posjeta: 2.617 *