Karađorđe's Code (original) (raw)

Karađorđe's Code, as one of the two recognized general laws of uprising Serbia, was a turning point in the establishment of the legal system in the newly formed state. With its Austrian-oriented provisions, it tended to lose the influence left on society by the Ottoman Empire. In the very matter of Karađorđe's Code, the branches of customary and criminal law intertwine, and we also come across provisions that the author created under the influence of the Eastern Orthodox Church.