Discover the Untold History of Law and Sovereignty at the Crossroads of Europe and Asia. The Legal History of Historical Georgia offers a ground-breaking, comprehensive exploration into the sophisticated legal architecture of a kingdom that stood as a vital bridge between Eastern traditions and Western empires. Drawing upon the monumental socio-economic and historical research of Academician Ivane Javakhishvili and providing a rigorous dogmatic analysis of King Vakhtang VI's 18th-century codifications, this monograph reconstructs a highly evolved feudal legal civilization.
Spanning from antiquity and the ancient Near Eastern contexts of the centuries B. C. to the late medieval era, this volume systematically breaks down: The Constitutional Framework: The administrative division of royal power and the intricate legal "Symphonia" between Church and State. Feudal Property Laws: Secular and monastic land tenure, hereditary estates, and the complex legal status of serfs.
The Judicial Hierarchy: From local community tribunals to the Darbazi (Supreme Royal Court), including advanced procedural mechanisms such as collective holy oaths (Mopicarni) and judicial ordeals. The Penal System: The transformation of criminal liability from clan-based blood feuds to a highly regulated state system of economic composition (Siskli), bodily sanctions, and total asset confiscation (Mookhreba).
International Private Law: The advanced statutory protections, asylum rights, and commercial freedoms granted to foreign merchants (Stumar-Vacharni) along the Silk Road. Perfect for legal historians, medievalists, Caucasian studies scholars, and anyone fascinated by the evolution of justice, this monograph uncovers a refined rule-of-law infrastructure that beautifully balanced absolute monarchical authority with corporate and seigniorial rights.
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Discover the Untold History of Law and Sovereignty at the Crossroads of Europe and Asia. The Legal History of Historical Georgia offers a ground-breaking, comprehensive exploration into the sophisticated legal architecture of a kingdom that stood as a vital bridge between Eastern traditions and Western empires. Drawing upon the monumental socio-economic and historical research of Academician Ivane Javakhishvili and providing a rigorous dogmatic analysis of King Vakhtang VI's 18th-century codifications, this monograph reconstructs a highly evolved feudal legal civilization.
Spanning from antiquity and the ancient Near Eastern contexts of the centuries B. C. to the late medieval era, this volume systematically breaks down: The Constitutional Framework: The administrative division of royal power and the intricate legal "Symphonia" between Church and State. Feudal Property Laws: Secular and monastic land tenure, hereditary estates, and the complex legal status of serfs.
The Judicial Hierarchy: From local community tribunals to the Darbazi (Supreme Royal Court), including advanced procedural mechanisms such as collective holy oaths (Mopicarni) and judicial ordeals. The Penal System: The transformation of criminal liability from clan-based blood feuds to a highly regulated state system of economic composition (Siskli), bodily sanctions, and total asset confiscation (Mookhreba).
International Private Law: The advanced statutory protections, asylum rights, and commercial freedoms granted to foreign merchants (Stumar-Vacharni) along the Silk Road. Perfect for legal historians, medievalists, Caucasian studies scholars, and anyone fascinated by the evolution of justice, this monograph uncovers a refined rule-of-law infrastructure that beautifully balanced absolute monarchical authority with corporate and seigniorial rights.
Add this essential volume to your academic library today.#Caucasica #LegalHistory #GeorgianHistory #HistoryOfLaw #MedievalStudies #IvaneJavakhishvili #KingVakhtangVI #FeudalLaw #CanonLaw #AcademicPublishing #AncientNearEast #AmazonKindle #ScholarlyBooks #CaucasianStudies