LEGAL PROTECTION OF PUBLIC ORDER AND PUBLIC SECURITY IN MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN CITIES (XI–XVI CENTURIES) AS A LEGAL CONSCIENCE FORMING FACTOR

Abstract

In this article it is shown that the medieval European city law paid much attention to the protection of public order and public safety in the cities, as it actually considered public order and consent to be a guarantee of the existence and normal functioning of the city. To provide the public safety certain preventive measures, mainly prohibitive, were taken. These measures carried out an educational function as well, forming respect for law, readiness to resolve conflicts not by violence, but by legal methods.