The legal framework of the foreign policy of the Byzantine in the era of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (945-959)
Volodymyr Kuzovkov|Kyrylo Horbenko|Oleksandr Smyrnov|Leonid Smyrnov
The aim of the article is to determine legal foundations. methodological basis study analysis and synthesis, systems approach, genetic comparative methods. Conclusions: Byzantine law can be traced legislation Basil I Leo VI. However, jus gentium (law nations) did not have sufficient representation in their codes. Therefore, foreign policy consisted customs traditions that had been formed diplomatic practice ancient times.The system international relations Byzantium was hierarchical. status each participant this determined by military power, political potential, tradition religious identity. between Kievan Rus’ serve as a model application norms, which were based on treaty 944, regulated merchants, property rights, mutual assistance use territories coast Dnieper River estuary, Beloberezhye island Saint Epherius (Berezan).
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