The Interaction of Customary Law with the Modern Rule of Law in Albania and Kosova

Abstract

For centuries, Albanian traditional law has been preserved in its most comprehensive form in the Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit (The Canon of Lekë Dukagjini). The Canon of Lekë Dukagjini has had a particularly strong influence in Kosova and in the more secluded regions of Northern Albania. Reliance of customary law is a pervasive characteristic of Albanian culture, and indeed of all rural Balkan peoples.