Matter of Articles 859-864 of ABGB in Serbian Civil Code and in Positive Serbian Law With Respect to the Reception of Roman Law

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/zrpfns59-63782
Keywords: ABGB, Serbian Civil Code, Serbian Law on Contract and Torts, legal basis of obligations, public promise of reward, conclusion of contract, division of contract, reception of Roman law

Abstract


The aim of the research in this phase is reflected, on the one hand, in the effort to determine possible nominal similarities and differences in the way in which the three acts regulate the issues contained in Articles 859-864 of ABGB, i.e. the legal basis of obligations, public promise of reward, conclusion of a contract, division of a contract and other related issues. The research should serve as a starting point for a detailed comparative analysis of each of the above issues in future works. On the other hand, the secondary aim is to make a comparison with the corresponding rules of Roman law, where possible, in the context of finding possible results of reception. The paper applies linguistic interpretation of the sources, after which they are analysed using the dogmatic method. After establishing the meaning of the norm, its logical nature and elements are discussed, as well as relations with other legal rules, using the normative method, and – in the context of different historical circumstances and legal systems in which they were enacted – historical law- and comparative law methods. The similarities and differences in the Austrian and the two Serbian acts are the result of both the level of development of the societies at the time the acts were adopted, their needs at the time, challenges in legal practice, but probably also the personal pedantry and systematicity of the authors.

Author Biography

Milan Milutin, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law Novi Sad

 

Milan Milutin was born in Novi Sad in 1989. He graduated from the Novi Sad Faculty of Law in 2012. He earned his Master of Laws degree in 2014, his final thesis having been entitled “The Jurisdictions of Provincial Governors in the Matter of Property Law in Rome”. He defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “Mora Debitoris in Roman Classical Law” in 2021 at the Novi Sad Faculty of Law.

Scholarships and Awards: scholarship of the Ministry of Education and Science (2009); scholarship of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin, Germany (2010-2012); on multiple occasions awarded Golden plaque of Provincial Poetry Reciting Competition “Pesniče naroda mog”, participated thrice at the State Poetry Reciting Competition and awarded III prize at the International Oratory Competition “Sirmium – lux verbi” in Sremska Mitrovica in the ex tempore category; awarded First Prize at the State History Competition (2008); University of Novi Sad Award for Exceptional Academic Performance (academic year 2008/09); University of Novi Sad Award for Student Scientific Paper entitled “Constitutional Complaint as an Instrument of Direct Protection of Human Rights Before the Constitutional Court” (2009); Audience Award at the Oratory Competition at the Novi Sad Faculty of Law (2008); First Prize at the Oratory Competition at the Novi Sad Faculty of Law (2010); participation of the Novi Sad Faculty of Law competition team at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition – national round (2010); participation of the Novi Sad Faculty of Law competition teams at the Foreign Direct Investment Moot Competition (2010 and 2012).

Specialization (within the country and abroad): University of Milan, Faculty of Law as a part of the Sigma Agile Programme (2016).

Work experience: Novi Sad Faculty of Law (2012- ).

Areas of narrow scientific interest: Roman law, civil-law responsibility in Roman law, mora debitoris in Roman law.

He speaks English and Italian, while improving German and Latin.

 

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Published
2026/02/11
Issue
Vol. 59 No. 4 (2025): Зборник радова Правног факултета у Новом Саду
Section
Original Scientific Paper