Consequences of the “Springtime of Nations” in Croatia – Finding a Separate Legal System Based on the Roman Legal Tradition Through Reaction

Karlović, Tomislav (2024) Consequences of the “Springtime of Nations” in Croatia – Finding a Separate Legal System Based on the Roman Legal Tradition Through Reaction. In: Fundamental Legal Transformations as a Consequence of the Springtime of Nations (1848). Studies of the Ferenc Mádl Institute, 3 (3). Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law, Budapest, pp. 43-68. ISBN 9786156356482

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Abstract

The events of 1848 and the political changes following the revolution in Hungary had lasting legal consequences in Croatia, more specifically in the Triune Kingdom of Dalmatia, Croatia and Slavonia. Direct results of the “Springtime of Nations” can be recognized in the abolition of serfdom, i.e. of the feudal system, and the rising self-awareness in the attempts to regulate the relationships with the Crown, Hungary and other parts of the Empire. The indirect outcome, significant both on the national level and in an individual’ life, was the introduction of ABGB and the institutionally sanctioned reception of Roman law in the Triune Kingdom, which also meant that for a longer time there was to be in force the same civil code in the majority of Croatian lands. Additionally, the continued use of ABGB after 1861 meant the legal separation of Croatia (the Triune Kingdom of Dalmatia, Croatia and Slavonia) from Hungary and an independent legal development, esp. in private law matters, after centuries of common legal tradition.

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