Kanuni I Lekë Dukagjinit

The Kanun is a set of traditional Albanian laws. The Kanun was primarily oral and only in the 20th century was it published in writing. There is only one Kanun since the ancient times commonly referred to the "Kanun of Leke" from which six later variations eventually evolved, categorized according to the area, the personality and their time of origin: Kanun i vjet r (English: Old Kanun), Kanuni i Lek Dukagjinit (English: The Kanun of Lek Dukagjini) The Kanun of Lek Dukagjini was developed by Lek Dukagjini, who codified the existing customary laws. It has been used mostly in northern and central Albania and surrounding areas formerly in Yugoslavia where this is a large ethnic Albanian population; Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia. It was first codified in the 15th century but the use of it has been outspread much earlier in time.

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Kanuni i Lek Dukagjinit ose Kanuni i Mal sis sht p rmbledhja e ligjeve, rregullave, zakoneve shqiptare t Shqip ris s Veriut n nj lib r, n rrjedh n e disa qindvje ar ve, para dhe pas jet s s Lek Dukagjinit. Thelbi i Kanunit t Lek Dukagjinit jan fjal t e urta t dala nga goja e tij, q u ruajt n (dhe u pasuruan) brez pas brezi p r gati gjasht shekuj. Ata jan p r uar gojarisht nga brezi n brez. Ligjet e "Kanunit" kane sh rbyer p r m shume se pes qindvje ar si m nyra e themelt e sjelljes shoq rore dhe vet qeverisjes p r klanet e Shqip ris s Veriut, edhe at her kur rajoni sundohej nga Perandoria Osmane. R nd sia e Kanunit n historin e popullit shqiptar mund t mbivler sohet pak, por rregullat dhe normat e tij vazhdojn ende t ushtrojn nj ndikim t ndjesh m nd r shqiptar t q jetojn n Shqip ri dhe Kosov , si edhe n vendet tjera n t cilat kan shtegtuar shqiptar t. Forma e pare e tij e shkruar i referohet Leke Dukagjinit edhe pse ka ekzistuar q m p rpara. Libri i Kanunit t Lek Dukagjinit u mblodh dhe u pajis nga At Shtjef n Gje ovi gjate viteve 1910-1925.