Roman Law Tradition in Croatia: Marko Petrak’s Legacy

Abstract

The scope of interests and the original theses proposed in different areas of legal research concerning Roman law and Roman legal tradition make the academical legacy of Marko Petrak genuinely important and valuable for further studies, in Croatia and in wider European terms as well. Here are addressed some of his most notable contributions, his research of the medieval Byzantine legal influences in the territories of Croatia, of the Canon law and ecclesiastical law issues in contemporary context, but also his efforts towards showing the relevancy of Roman law in contemporary Croatian law. In all these scholarly endeavors Marko Petrak showed traits of original thinker, with broad knowledge, for which he was and will be held in great esteem.