Carta de Logu

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The Carta de Logu was a pioneering medieval Sardinian legal code, renowned for its advanced protections of individual rights and its long-lasting influence on the island’s legal tradition.

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Carta de Logu canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sardinian legal code
legal code
medieval legal code
appliesToTerritory Judicate of Arborea
surface form: Giudicato of Arborea

Sardinia
author Eleanor of Arborea
country Kingdom of Arborea
dateCreated circa 1392
follows earlier Arborean statutes
hasLegalEffectOn nobility in Arborea
pastoral communities in Arborea
peasants in Arborea
hasPart agrarian regulations
civil law provisions
criminal law provisions
family law provisions
feudal law provisions
procedural rules
property law provisions
inception late 14th century
influenced later Sardinian customary law
influencedBy Catalan-Aragonese legal traditions
Roman law
canon law
inForceUntil early 19th century
introduction of the Savoyard legal codes in Sardinia
jurisdiction Judicate of Arborea
surface form: Giudicato of Arborea
language Catalan
Latin
Logudorese Sardinian
Sardinian language
surface form: Sardinian
legalStatus fundamental law of the Kingdom of Arborea
legalSystem Sardinian law
mainSubject criminal justice
feudal relations
land tenure
protection of individual rights
women’s legal status
notableFor advanced protections of individual rights for its time
detailed regulation of agriculture and pastoralism
limiting feudal arbitrariness
long-lasting influence on Sardinian legal tradition
relatively mild criminal penalties compared to contemporary codes
placeOfOrigin Oristano
promulgatedBy Eleanor of Arborea
regulates grazing rights
homicide and bodily injury
inheritance
judicial procedures and evidence
marriage and dowry
theft and robbery
use of common lands

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Judicate of Arborea legalCode Carta de Logu
Judge of Arborea legalCode Carta de Logu
Eleanor of Arborea notableWork Carta de Logu
Arborea hasLegalCode Carta de Logu
Arborea legalCodeName Carta de Logu