The Mission of a Law Text and its National Interpretations: on the Origine and Signification of the Article 1 of the Law
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Мисията на един правен текст и неговите национални интерпретации: за произхода и значението на член 1 от Закона за съдене на людете
The Mission of a Law Text and its National Interpretations: on the Origine and Signification of the Article 1 of the Law for Judging the People

Author(s): Ivan Biliarsky
Subject(s): History of Law, Political history, 6th to 12th Centuries, Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Институт за исторически изследвания - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Slavic law code; punishment; controversy; St Methodius;

Summary/Abstract: In the article the author proposes a study on one of the most controversial texts of the first Slavic law code – Law for Judging the People – its article 1. The interpretations of this text are strongly charged emotionally and with national feeling. The article generalizes the results and comments three main topics, suggested by the text: Which is the so-called “divine law”? Who is the cited St Constantine? Where is adopted the norm about the punishment of the pagans from? The author proposes his answers to three of them and tries to situate the results of his study in the framework of the juridical legacy of St Methodius.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 5-30
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Bulgarian