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Code of Lekë Dukagjini
Albanian customary law / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Code of Lekë Dukagjini (Albanian: Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit, also known as the Code of the Mountains (Kanuni i Maleve) is one of the variants of the Albanian customary law transmitted orally. Believed to be much older,[1][2] it was initially codified by the 15th century Albanian Prince of Dukagjini, Lekë.[3] It was only written and published by the Ottoman administration in the first half of the 19th century in Ottoman Turkish in an attempt to stop the blood feuds.[4] It was then compiled by the Catholic clergy at the turn of the 20th century.[5] The collections of the clergy were published in the Albanian language in the periodical magazines as Albania and Hylli i Dritës. The first complete codification of the usual subject saw its first publication in 1933 in Shkodër, a posthumous work of Shtjefën Gjeçovi (killed in 1929) who collected it mainly in the villages of Mirdita and its surroundings.[6][7]
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