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in Mediaeval Bulgaria  A Glossary of the Juridical Terms in
Mediaeval Bulgaria  Ivan Biliarsky, Academy of Sciences,
Bulgaria, Summer Fellow 2006/07  The aim of my project is to
study law as a cultural phenomenon, related to the primary
values of a civilization. Law itself is a value and is respected
as a value, one necessary for the very existence of
civilization. Every civilization creates its own normative
system, based on its own values, and at the same time being part
of them and serving as their protector. The legal norms are a
means of creating solidarity from a simple collected group. This
would mean that law is a factor in the creation of a group with
common identity, based on common values, common cults, common
power and, unavoidably, a normative system in common. This
shared normative system imposes common models of behavior in
every sphere of common life, including both the