Inheritance law of the pyran statute in the view of reception

Piranski statut posebno je dragocjeno pravno povijesno vrelo. U cjelini sačuvane su sve četiri njegove redakcije iz 14. stoljeća što znači, da možemo pratiti razvoj statutarnih odredaba u to značajno doba. Autor predstavlja bitne karakteristike oporučnog i neoporučnog nasljeđivanja u Piranu, imajući u vidu sva četiri piranska statuta. Na osnovi analize propisa konstatira, da preokret u pogledu recepcije predstavlja posljednji, četvrti statut iz 1384. godine. Na mjestima, gdje je u starijim statutima izvjesni rimskopravni institut već postojao, bilo kao izraz kontinuiteta ili rezultat rane recepcije, očiti su napredak, poboljšanje i pravnička kultura, iako u izražaju nije dostignuta kvaliteta rimskog klasičnog prava. U nekim značajnim pogledima četvrti statut u duhu rimskog prava normira i novosti, što autor ilustrira primjerom nužnog nasljeđivanja descendenata. Usporedbom razloga za iznasljeđenje po četvrtom statutu sa Justinijanovom 115. novelom utvrđuje, da među njima uopće nema bitnih razlika. Autor na osnovi prikaza zaključuje, da unatoč neosporivoj recepciji, odnosno utjecaju učenog prava, četvrti Piranski statut još uvijek sadrži puno lokalne specifike, koja je ostala na snazi pored općeg prava ili čak u suprotnosti s njim. Kao najvažnije razloge za preokret u pogledu recepcije navodi sazrjele društveno ekonomske prilike i znanje te sposobnost pisca statuta.The Pyran statute is an especially precious historical legal source. Ali four of its publications from the 14th century have been preserved in entirety which means that one can follow the development of statute provisions over that important period. The author presents the important characteristics of inheritance in Pyran by both by will and intestate considering all four Pyran statutes. On the basis of the analysis of the provisions, the author argues that the last fourth statute of 1384 represents the transformation in regard to reception. In parts where, in older statutes, a definite Roman law institute already existed be it as an expression of continuity or the result of earlier reception, progress, improvement and legal culture are obvious even though the quality of classical Roman law was not achieved in expression. In some important aspects the fourth statute in the špirit of Roman law also standardised novelties which the author illustrates with the example of the compulsory inheritance of descendants. The comparison of the reason for disinheritance according to the fourth statute with Justinian\u27s 115th amendment confirms that between them there are no important differences at all. On the basis of this study the author concludes that despite indisputable reception, that is, the influence of the law studied, the fourth Pyran statute still contains many local peculiarities, which have remained in force alongside general law or even in opposition to it. As the most important reasons for the transformation regarding reception, the author mentions the built up social economic circumstances, and the knowledge and the capability of the writer of the statute