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The Slavic Code of Private International Law and Its Discussion at the First Slavic Lawyers’ Congress in Bratislava
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The almost forgotten First Congress of Lawyers of Slavic States, held in Bratislava in 1933, was a joint event of Czechoslovak, Polish, Bulgarian, and Yugoslav lawyers symbolically chaired by the professor of Jagellonian University Kazimierz Władysław Kumaniecki. It sought, among other goals, to enhance legal cooperation among Slavic states, particularly in Private International Law. A key outcome was a resolution to prepare a joint proposal for the unified Slavic Code of Private International Law (Codex vel conventio juris privati internationalis Slavorum), which was intended to be inspired by the Polish Act No. 581/1926 and the 1931 Czechoslovak Civil Code draft. The initiative aimed to harmonize conflict-of-law rules across Slavic legal systems. To this end, a commission was established during the Bratislava Congress to develop the proposed codification. This paper aims to reflect the ambitions of interwar Slavic legal cooperation in the context of the Bratislava Congress, its background, discussions, and the broader implication of its legal harmonization attempts in the field of Private International Law. |