The Right of Woman to Inheritance According to the Albanian Customary Law
Session
Law
Description
Today the inheritance of Albanians is arranged by the positive law. Positive legislation in Kosovo and Albania guarantees the women the right to inheritance in the same way as for the men. However, despite the existence of legal infrastructure in practice when it comes to exercising of the right of woman to inheritance, the customary law still continues to apply indirectly. How the customary law treats the position of woman to inheritance rights, respectively, in this paper we have tried to explain in continuance what rights belongs to her in family inheritance legacy and what is the impact of customarily law today. The paper is divided into two parts: in the first part of the paper are explained the rules of the customary law, which refer to inheritance, in this part are analyzed in particular the rules of the Code of Leke Dukagjini. In the second part of the paper relying on the results of the survey, most citizens of different regions of Kosovo have analyzed the role of customary law today. Relying on the conducted research it has been concluded that customary laws still continue to play the important role in Kosovar society when it comes to the rights of women in inheritance, while affecting the majority of women to fail to accomplish their right of inheritance at all.
Keywords:
customs, woman inheritance, the right
Session Chair
Albulena Ukimeraj
Session Co-Chair
Behar Selimi
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-69-1
Location
Pristina, Kosovo
Start Date
27-10-2018 1:30 PM
End Date
27-10-2018 3:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2018.270
Recommended Citation
Osmanaj, Egzone, "The Right of Woman to Inheritance According to the Albanian Customary Law" (2018). UBT International Conference. 270.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2018/all-events/270
The Right of Woman to Inheritance According to the Albanian Customary Law
Pristina, Kosovo
Today the inheritance of Albanians is arranged by the positive law. Positive legislation in Kosovo and Albania guarantees the women the right to inheritance in the same way as for the men. However, despite the existence of legal infrastructure in practice when it comes to exercising of the right of woman to inheritance, the customary law still continues to apply indirectly. How the customary law treats the position of woman to inheritance rights, respectively, in this paper we have tried to explain in continuance what rights belongs to her in family inheritance legacy and what is the impact of customarily law today. The paper is divided into two parts: in the first part of the paper are explained the rules of the customary law, which refer to inheritance, in this part are analyzed in particular the rules of the Code of Leke Dukagjini. In the second part of the paper relying on the results of the survey, most citizens of different regions of Kosovo have analyzed the role of customary law today. Relying on the conducted research it has been concluded that customary laws still continue to play the important role in Kosovar society when it comes to the rights of women in inheritance, while affecting the majority of women to fail to accomplish their right of inheritance at all.