VLOGA SLOVENSKIH ODVETNIKOV IN RAZVOJ POLOŽAJA SLOVENSKEGA JEZIKA KOT PRAVNEGA JEZIKA OD 1848 DO 1918.

It is quite clear that the Slovene language law movement, which was of outstanding importance for the development of Slovene legal terminology, in its search for Slovene equivalents for mainly German legal terms did not start from nothing, but drew on tradition as well. It is not disputed that ever since the settlement of Slavic ancestors in the territories of today’s Slovenia, and particularly during the long period of the Middle Ages, certain Slovene legal terms were, to some extent, also used among the people in settling administrative and judicial disputes. However, the second half of the 19th century saw great strides in the more systematic attention given to this field, inspired by a more concrete awareness of a nation’s autonomy, of which one’s own language was the most evident constitutive foundation. In this context, the ambition of Slovene attorneys in the development of their own autonomy was the most visible, manifested mainly in the development of Slovene legal terminology. The latter was also supported by the Austrian authorities, which allowed the translation of key legal acts into the various languages of the monarchy. At the forefront among the legal professions were the attorneys, for here the Slovene ethnic element was at its most pronounced. Slovene attorneys were also very active in Vienna’s state politics. Administrative-judicial and legal-scientific endeavours in this field were much more in the background due to the restrictive monarchical policy, and only caught up with the engagement of the attorneys towards the end of the monarchy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La primavera dei popoli del 1848 esigeva l’uguaglianza non solo delle persone ma anche dei popoli. Si delineò così la richiesta di uguaglianza dello sloveno rispetto alle altre lingue dell’allora monarchia. In questo contesto i giuristi sloveni, in particolare gli avvocati, cominciarono a redigere sistematicamente la terminologia giuridica in lingua slovena. Questo fu uno dei primi passi cruciali verso l’autonomia giuridica della nazione, seguito da un contributo importante agli inizi del ’900 con i dibattiti sulla facoltà della nazione slovena di creare il proprio impianto giuridico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pomlad narodov leta 1848 je zahtevala enakopravnost ne le posameznikov, temveč tudi narodov. Rodila se je zahteva po enakopravnosti slovenskega jezika v tedanji monarhiji. V povezavi s tem so slovenski pravniki, kjer so prednjačili slovenski odvetniki, pričeli sistematično razvijati slovensko pravno terminologijo. To je bil eden izmed odločilnih korakov na poti do narodove pravne avtonomije, pomemben prispevek pa je sledil v začetku 20. stoletja z razpravljanjem o sposobnosti slovenskega naroda za lastno pravotvornost. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]