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morao imati po jedan primjerak dubrovačke »Knjige statuta« kao i ostalih zbornika starog dubrovačkog zakonodavstva. Dok su tako stručnjaci kroz čitavo 19. st. još uvijek konzultirali dubrovačku statutarnu kodifikaciju za potrebe pravne prakse, javio se u drugoj polovici 19. st. i veliki znanstveni interes za nju. Kad je akcijom JAZU pokrenuti rad i na publiciranju pravnih spomenika hrvatske prošlosti, obraćena je odmah pažnja i na dubrovačku »Knjigu statuta«. Tako je god. 1904. konačno i štampom objavljen »Liber statutorum civitatis Ragusii«, u izvrsnom znanstveno-kritičkom izdanju B. Bogišića i K. Jirečeka.* Znanost je s pravom ocijenila da je ovo po vremenu postanka, po svojoj sadržajnoj potpunosti i sistematičnosti, ne samo jedan od najvrijednijih hrvatskih pravnih spomenika, već ujedno i osobito dragocjen izvor za istraživanje povijesti jadransko-mediteranskog i balkanskog područja. Summary »LIBER STATUTORUM CIVITATIS RAGUSII« FROM 1272. (Speaking of the 700th anniversary of the codified statute of Dubrovnik) During its historical development Dubrovnik occupied an eminent position not only among the Croatian cities, but among all cities —• from Trieste to Kotor — on the eastern coast of the Adriatic. From 15th to 17th century it even excelled them all. The author states the essential conditions and agents of the successful development of the medieval community of Dubrovnik, especially in 12th and 13th century, poiting out the determinants that made it possible, during the maturing of the communal order, to shift from the unwritten customary law to the written law of the statutes, i. e. to codify the statute of Dubrovnik. He illustrates the links of this codification to other regulative measures in the juridical practice of Dubrovnik in the past and shows how this process fits into the frame of the related development of medieval Mediterranean communities. Having described the technique, employed by the Dubrovnik codifiers, and characterized the role of the supreme state power, the author gives a brief account of the contents of each »book« of the codification (their total number being 8, consisting of 370 paragraphs). After a due acknowledgment of the most conspicuous properties of the »Liber statutorum« of Dubrovnik — its volume, systematic arrangement and abundant contents — the author finally formulates an opinion that the codified statute of Dubrovnik, besides being one of the most valuable Croatian juridical monuments, represents a particularly important source for the study of the history of the Adriatic-Mediterranean and Balcanic areas as well. * V. Bogišić et C. Jireček, LIBER STATUTORUM CIVITATIS REGUSII compositus anno 1272. (Sumptibus Academiae scientiarum et artium Slavorum meridionalium, Zagrataiae MCMIV; Monumenta historico-juridica Slavorum meridionalium vol. IX) 15