Historical sources of legal protection of nature in Belarus

Authors

  • Siarhei A. Balashenko Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

history of the state and law of Belarus, property right, environmental protection, hunting, forests, specially protected territories, reserve, statutes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Abstract

The author of the article examines the historical and legal aspects of the development of legal protection of environment in the Middle Ages, the peculiarities of legal regulation, sanctions, and the evolution of legislative norms in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the lands of Belarus as a political centre. The legal regulation of specially protected territories in the three statutes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is analysed. The article is dedicated to the researcher of the history of law professor T. I. Dovnar.

Author Biography

  • Siarhei A. Balashenko, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    doctor of science (law), full professor; professor at the department of environmental and agrarian law, faculty of law

References

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Published

2024-12-19

Issue

No. 3 (2024): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law

Section

Theory and History of Law and State

How to Cite

[1]
Balashenko, S.A. 2024. Historical sources of legal protection of nature in Belarus. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law. 3 (Dec. 2024), 3–8.