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- Title
Regulations on Zadruga Enacted after Introduction of Serbian Civil Code in 1844.
- Authors
Kulauzov, Maša
- Abstract
Regulations on so - called zadruga (extended family, common among South Slavs) enacted after introduction of Serbian Civil Code in 1844, are examined in this paper. As zadruga was a dominant family structure in Serbia throughout XIX century, various rules regarding all important aspects of life in extended families were passed. Having in mind widespread existence and durability of zadrugas, significance of these regulations is emphasized in the article. Therefore, numerous provisions regulating legal nature of zadruga, property rights of zadruga's members, rights of succession of female children and divisions of zadrugas are scrutinized and critically analyzed. The author also indicates all major changes of traditional, customary law nature of zadruga that had taken place in legislation on zadruga's aiming to preserve extended families in considerably different social circumstances of XIX century.
- Subjects
SERBIA; CIVIL law; ZADRUGA; PROPERTY rights; INHERITANCE &; succession; CUSTOMARY law
- Publication
Novi Sad Faculty of Law: Collected Papers / Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2013, Vol 47, Issue 1, p259
- ISSN
0550-2179
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5937/zrpfns47-3686