Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17234/RadoviZHP.57.22
Literature of Hungarian-Croatian Law and the Reception of Roman Legal Concepts during the “long” 18th Century (Summary)
Tomislav Karlović
Abstract
The reception of Roman law in Central Europe intensified during the 15th century, with universities acting as catalysts of change. Although there are indications of earlier dissemination of the ideas of learned law from the universities of northern Italy toward the territories of the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, including Croatia, these can mostly be described as isolated occurrences. The influence of received Roman law or “common law” (ius commune) only began to be truly felt during the “long” 18th century, primarily in literature dedicated to the teaching of Hungarian-Croatian law. This paper therefore addresses the shift in the systematization and treatment of material in works on Hungarian-Croatian (private) law, from manuals that strictly follow and adopt terminology and classifications of Werbőczy’s Tripartitum, to adaptations and redefinitions of the presentation of legal institutions according to civilian concepts under the influence of the ius commune in the mid-18th century.
Keywords
ius commune; Hungarian-Croatian law; customary law; antiquity; legal litera¬ture; reception of Roman law; “long” 18th Century
Hrčak ID:
349048
URI
Publication date:
21.12.2025.
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