One Example of Direct Reception of Roman Law in the Serbian Civil Code (1844) Cover Image

Један пример непосредне рецепције римског права у Српском грађанском законику (1844)
One Example of Direct Reception of Roman Law in the Serbian Civil Code (1844)

Author(s): Samir Aličić
Subject(s): History of Law, Civil Law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Источном Сарајеву
Keywords: Gift;Revocation of gifts;Reception;Serbian Civil Code;Austrian Civil Code;Roman law;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to point out to some specific regulations of institute of gift in the Serbian Civil Code (1844) created under the influence of the original Roman law. These specificities are consequence of modifications and abbreviations of the text of Austrian Civil Code (1811), which was used as a model for the Serbian Civil Code under the influence of roman legal concepts, rather than simply adopting norms of Roman law. The originality of the provisions on donations in the Serbian Civil Code has not been fully utilized by our modern legal theory and practice, but has, however, made a significant impact on the application of law in modern practice, at least in the terms of determining the conditions for annulment of gifts because of ingratitude of donee.