Editing Dušan Code (section)

{{short description|14th-century Serbian set of laws}}
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|document_name=Dušan Code<br />{{lang|sr|{{small|Душанов законик}}}}
|image=Dušan's Code, Prizren manuscript, 15th c.jpg
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|image_caption=[[Prizren]] Manuscript of the Dušan Code, 15th century
|date_created=1349
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|writer=[[Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia|Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan]]
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|purpose=[[Constitution]] ([[Code (law)|Code]])
}}
'''Dušan Code''' ({{langx|sr|Душанов законик|Dušanov zakonik}}, known historically as {{lang|sr|Закон благовјернаго цара Стефана}} – Law of the pious Emperor Stefan) is a compilation of several legal systems that was enacted by [[Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia]] in 1349. It drew upon Roman law, [[Byzantine law]], as well as elements of customary and canon law.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Miletić |first=Branko A. |date=2019 |title=Saint Sava Law (Nomocanon of Saint Sava) and Law of Stefan Dušan (Dušan's Code): Sources of law in medieval Serbia |url=https://scindeks.ceon.rs/Article.aspx?artid=0354-32931902155M |journal=Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Prištini |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=155–174 |doi=10.5937/ZRFFP49-20654 |s2cid=199931759 |issn=0354-3293|doi-access=free }}</ref> It was used in the [[Serbian Empire]] and the succeeding [[Serbian Despotate]].  It is considered an early [[constitution]], or close to it; an advanced set of laws which regulated all aspects of life such as family relations, property rights, contracts, and crimes.