Objectives of the course

The goal is to introduce students with basic practical knowledge in the field of national history of the state and rights, acquire knowledge about the emergence of the right with the emergence of the state as such, acquire knowledge about the development of certain legal systems and legal institutes, that is, acquire knowledge about leading and characteristic states and their rights in different historical periods.

CodeSubject statusSemesterClassesECTS
P-NDP Compulsory I 4+2 10

Acquired knowledge

A detailed study of the peculiarities of the state legal history of one’s own people contributes, not only to the enrichment of national self-awareness, but also to faster formation of legal opinion, and more complete understanding of the law. Future lawyers, at the beginning of the study, learn to understand the idea that, for a proper understanding of the legal system in which they live today, a dynamic (historical) approach is necessary.

Content of the subject

The settlement of South Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula and the emergence of the first South Slavic countries. The age of early feudalism from VII to XII century (the turn of the early-state states, state organization and law, with a special focus on Raska and Duklja). The Age of Developed Feudalism of XII to XV century (Serbia and Bosnia – posture and development of the state, state and church, law). Dubrovnik from VII to XIX century. The time of Turkish rule (political – legal status, administrative – territorial division, agrarian organization, law). The New Year’s legal history of the Serbian people until 1914 (the Serbian state of the First and Second Uprising, the diplomatic struggle for the status of Serbia during the 19th and early 20th centuries, Montenegro until 1914). Legal Position and Political Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina in XIX and XX century (until 1914). The first common Yugoslav state – the Kingdom of the SHS since 1918 (Serbia and Yugoslav unification, the Prenovecember Act of Unification, the state-legal development of the Yugoslav state from 1918 to 1941). Socialist Yugoslavia.

Teaching methods and material mastering

Lectures, exercises, consultations, written examinations (colloquiums) individual student work (seminar and homework, papers, etc.), as well as group participation of students in the study of certain thematic units.

Forms of knowledge assessment

  • Test 1 (0-15 points)
  • Test 2 (0-15 points)
  • Final exam (0-50 points)
  • Seminar(s) (0-10 points)
  • Teaching activities (0-10 points)