Symbols in Customary Law

Abstract

The symbols as a category in law have not been adequately treated in Yugoslav literature on the history of law, or otherwise. Moreover, this subject-matter is not of a particular interest in the contemporary legal thin king, although the literature on symbols outside the law is rather abundant. To a degree this is also true of the systematic theoretical approach to the subject of customary law, where the symbolism is particularly present. However, during the last decade customary law has been studied in the Institute of Balkan Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and corresponding results have been published.