ЗАШТИТА ЉУДСКИХ И МАЊИНСКИХ ПРАВА У ДОБА РИМСКЕ РЕПУБЛИКЕ
Protection of Human and Minority Rights in the Period of the Roman Republic

Summary/Abstract: Given the considerable interest of the international community in the protection of national minorities, this issue has been re-addressed and made the focal point of extensive scientific study. In fact, the protection of human and minority rights has always been an issue of concern and interest. Historically speaking, minority groups have always been part of the population of different countries throughout human history and they have always had their distinctive ethical, religious, cultural or linguistic features which differentiated them from the majority population in their countries. In the states of the ancient world, the human rights protection of this category of population was subject to a more or less extensive debate, primarily depending on the level of social development of each state. In the Roman slavery system of government, this issue became prominent only after the expansion of the state in the second period of the Roman Empire, particularly after the fall of the Carthaginian Empire in the Second Punic War of 201 BC. In this paper, the author provides a brief overview of the social circumstances in the second period of the Roman Empire particularly and elaborates on the protection of minority rights, with specific reference to the legal position of peregrines as a minority group in the Roman law.

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