Summary
The Statute of Dubrovnik of 1272
Liber statutorum civitatis Ragusii compositus anno 1272
For five centuries of Dubrovnik statehood, the Dubrovnik Statute was the foundation of the legal system and a powerful symbol of Dubrovnik's collective identity and statehood. The triple tradition is incorporated in this document - 'urban culture of Mediterranina towns, prudent management principles formulated in political thought and practice of 13th century and, above all, a powerful European legal heritage, which in the Middle Ages grew on the basis of Roamn and canon law.
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