Law codes of the western Balkans: the code of Tsar Dusan of Serbia, the statutes of Poljica and Vinodol in Croatia and the Albanian customary codes of Lekë Dukagjini and the Kanun. A document belongs here when its cited article describes a law code of a South Slavic people or Albania. It excludes East Slavic law books. Customary codes first written down long after their origin, such as the Albanian canons, are admitted because the articles treat the written code as the document.
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Code of Lekë Dukagjini (Wikipedia)
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The Code of Lekë Dukagjini (Albanian: Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit, also known as the Code of the Mountains (Kanuni i Maleve) is one of the variants of the Albanian customary law transmitted orally.
Dusan's Code (Wikipedia)
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Dušan's Code (Serbian: Душанов законик, romanized: Dušanov zakonik, known historically as Законь благовѣрнаго цара Стефана, Law of the pious Emperor Stefan) is a compilation of several legal systems that was enacted by Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia in 1349.
Kanun (Albania) (Wikipedia)
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The Kanun (also Gheg Albanian: Kanû/-ja, other names include Albanian: doke, zakon, venom, usull, itifatk, adet, sharte, udhë, rrugë) is a set of Albanian traditional customary laws, which has directed all the aspects of the Albanian tribal society.
Poljica Statute (Wikipedia)
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First mentioned in the late 14th century, and preserved in codified form since the 15th century, the statute determined the law of Poljica, which is, by its form, style, content and establishment of social-economic relations, totally different from the rest of Croatian statutes.
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