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283: 67: 49:= to transmit) is the typical instrument of transmission of the oral codes or, in a more general sense, is the complex of what a culture transmits of itself among the generations, "from father to son". This kind of transmission can be due to lack of other means, such as in illiterate or criminal societies, or can be expressly required by the same law. 216:
is an indication of ancient origins. Strong pre-Christian motifs mixed with motifs from the Christian era reflect the stratification of the Albanian customary law across various historical ages. The Kanun has held a sacred – although secular – longstanding, unwavering and unchallenged authority with
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There has been a continuous debate over oral versus written transmission, with the focus on the perceived higher reliability of written evidence, primarily based on the "linear world of academia" where only written down records are accepted. However, "standard" theories of orality and literacy have
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empire had to recognize autonomous customary laws to the various local communities for their self-administration. In this context, during different periods, Albanian customary laws were implemented in parallel with
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were transmitted in parallel with an oral tradition, as relayed by God to Moses and from him handed on to the scholarly and other religious leaders of each generation. Thus, in Judaism, the "Written Instruction"
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has eventually to be put into effect. Some oral laws provide all these elements (for instance, some codes of conduct in use among criminal associations like
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laws. This helped the Albanian mountain tribes to preserve their way of life, identity, and neutrality in the face of external centralizing administration.
373:(lit. "Interpretations"). The interpretation of the Oral Torah is thus considered as the authoritative reading of the Written Torah. Further, 630:
Lafe, Genc (2021). "On the semantic evolution of Albanian motër 'sister' and vajzë 'girl' in the context of the Albanian extended family".
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Many cultures have an oral law, while most contemporary legal systems have a formal written organisation. The oral tradition (from the
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Over time, Albanian customary laws have undergone their historical development, they have been changed and supplemented with new
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relevance or when the formal law expressly refers to it (but in this latter case, it is properly an indirect source of legal
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as long as it shows some efficacy, therefore it needs that the law is public, the human action is evaluated by a
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do have a well known law, a judge, a condemnation), while others usually miss some of them.
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or community application, by which a body of rules of human behaviour is transmitted by
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and effectively respected, or the single rule that is orally transmitted.
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according to the general interpretation of the law) and then a
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An oral law, intended as a body of rules, can be admitted in
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Narrating our Pasts: The Social Construction of Oral History
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a spoken command or order that has to be respected as a
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Oral Poetry: Its Nature, Significance and Social Context
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The Chronology of Oral Tradition: Quest for a Chimera
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