Scanderbeg’s Canon and Crimes against the Person
Scanderbeg’s Canon and Crimes against the Person

Summary/Abstract: Within the testimony of an ancient criminal legal tradition, particular attention should be paid also to the Albanian canons as an invaluable asset of the country and the Albanian people. This paper aims to treat the legal system in Albania during the period of our national hero Gjergj Kastriot- Skanderbeg. In particular, in this essay a well-deserved attention will take account of canon norms of criminal nature found in the Kanun of Skanderbeg, the predictions of rules for the offenders, their responsibility, and those kinds of punitive measures taken against them for committing offenses against the person and the basics of criminal responsibility. Also, special attention shall be given to the type of offenses against the person in the canon, such as murder, feuds, ambushes, etc., as well as punitive measures. An important part of this paper will take also the principles that characterize Canon of Skanderbeg, in particular, the principle of the protection of life. The purpose of this paper is to bring to the attention of the reader, the canons, as an important source of information with regard to how social relations were protected by the criminal law in the medieval period.

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