THE PROCESS OF CIVIL LAW CODIFICATION IN WESTERN BALKANS

Abstract

The central point in this paper is the civil law and the civil law
codification. The term civil law will be analyzed in narrow sense, as a part
from the private law, and the process of codification will be analyzed on state
level, in the European Union and on international level. The main purpose
of this paper is to research among the legislation in the Western Balkan legal
systems, to be more exact: the legal systems of Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Albania. This research will particularly
look at the civil law regulation to see if there are civil law codifications, or an
existing process of civil law codification. Since most of the Western Balkans
states are former Yugoslavian republics, the legal system of Yugoslavia will
also be analyzed to understand the legal heritage of the Yugoslavian republics.
Key words: civil law, codification, obligations, property, inheritance, separate laws, state level, international level