Vassileva, R;
(2020)
Shattering Myths: The Curious History of the Bulgarian Law of Obligations.
Studia Iuridica
, 82
pp. 309-327.
10.5604/01.3001.0013.9793.
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Abstract
While Bulgarian scholars concur that Bulgaria’s Law of Obligations and Contracts, which was enacted in 1950 and which is still in force today following cosmetic changes in the early 1990s, is an original Bulgarian legal text, archival and comparative research shows that it is heavily based on the Italian Codice Civile of 1942. Why would a communist country seek inspiration in a country with a Fascist ideology? Exploring the reasons behind this legislative choice as well as the reasons why this ‘dark’ secret was buried for so long challenges traditional taxonomies of comparative law, reveals the peculiar patterns of legal change, including the key role of the legal scholar in the process, and demonstrates the power of comparative law in shattering myths in legal history.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Shattering Myths: The Curious History of the Bulgarian Law of Obligations |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.5604/01.3001.0013.9793 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.9793 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094153 |
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