Българо-дубровнишкият договор от 1253 г. (Международноправна характеристика)
The Treaty between Bulgaria and Dubrovnik from 1253 (International law characteristics)

Summary/Abstract: The interest toward the treaty between Bulgaria and Dubrovnik from 1253 results from the fact that it is one of the small in number preserved textual treaties of Mediaeval Bulgaria. In the article an attempt is made for a thorough examination of the treaty from an international law point of view, and it is for the first time in our literature. The preservation and the publications of the treaty are examined, as well as the treaty procedure of its conclusions. A conclusion is made that it is influenced by the treaty practice in Byzantium and Venice. The international law character of some treaty procedures is looked upon, such as negotiations, the constitution of the charters, oaths, rituals, etc. The main clauses of the treaty with Dubrovnik are pointed and systematized: they are – war-political, commercial, customs, real, hereditary and juridical. Because of this the treaty is characterized not only as a war-political and commercial agreement, as commonly pointed in the literature, but as a treaty, arranging a complex of questions from the political, economic, military, law and other collaborations between Bulgaria and Dubrovnik. The final valuation of the treaty from international law point of view is that it is a document of the comparatively high level of the treaty activity and practice of the Bulgarian state in the Middle Ages.

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