Nasleđivanje zemljišta u novovekovnoj Srbiji pre Srpskog građanskog zakonika - žensko pravo nasleđivanja?

Abstract

Od trenutka uvođenja domaćeg pravosuđa u novovekovnoj Srbiji do donošenja Srpskog građanskog zakonika (SGZ) 1844. godine novonastali srpski sudovi sude pretežno po običajnom pravu. Ipak, u oblasti naslednog prava - konkretno, u pitanju mogućnosti nasleđivanja zemljišta od strane žena - se primećuje znatan raskorak između običajnog prava i sudske prakse. Jedan deo presuda se dosledno drži običajnopravnih shvatanja, dok drugi deo od njih delimično ili u potpunosti odstupa. Zašto dolazi do ovakvog raskoraka i kojim to pravnim shvatanjima neke sudije daju prednost, pitanje je kojim se bavi ovaj rad.

Introduction of the domestic judiciary system was one of the marks of the Modern Age in Serbia. From the time they were set up, Serbian courts predominantly applied customary law. This was unchanged until enactment of the Serbian Civil Code (1844). However, at the times prior to the first codification, some of the courts' decisions on the matter of whether it was possible for a woman to inherit land, differ immensely from the imperatives of customary law. The author examines potential reasons for such departure and searches for the rules the courts applied instead of the rules of customary law.