INTRODUCTION OF MAGDEBURG LAW IN UKRAINIAN CITIES
The unique for the time system of local self-government first appeared in the Saxon city Magdeburg, which actually was named after it. It happened in 1188. Magdeburg Law provided for liberating cities from the governance, legal and administrative power of local feudal lords and the establishment of the city self-government. Magdeburg Law also stipulated the rights of different city strata, including merchants, bourgeois and craftsmen. It introduced the order of electing and the functions of the local self-government bodies, regulated relations of city citizens, determined punishment for specific crimes.
Lviv City Hall in 1620
Evidently, the advent of the Magdeburg Law was a breakthrough in the public life of a medieval city. It raised th
