The Kanun is a set of traditional Albanian laws. The Kanun was primarily oral and only in the 20th century was it published in writing. There is only one Kanun since the ancient times commonly referred to the "Kanun of Leke" from which six later variations eventually evolved, categorized according to the area, the personality and their time of origin: Kanun i vjetr (English: Old Kanun), Kanuni i Lek Dukagjinit (English: The Kanun of Lek Dukagjini) The Kanun of Lek Dukagjini was developed by Lek Dukagjini, who codified the existing customary laws. It has been used mostly in northern and central Albania and surrounding areas formerly in Yugoslavia where this is a large ethnic Albanian population; Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia. It was first codified in the 15th century but the use of it has been outspread much earlier in time.

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Kanuni i Lek Dukagjinit ose Kanuni i Malsis sht prmbledhja e ligjeve, rregullave, zakoneve shqiptare t Shqipris s Veriut n nj libr, n rrjedhn e disa qindvjearve, para dhe pas jets s Lek Dukagjinit. Thelbi i Kanunit t Lek Dukagjinit jan fjalt e urta t dala nga goja e tij, q u ruajtn (dhe u pasuruan) brez pas brezi pr gati gjasht shekuj. Ata jan pruar gojarisht nga brezi n brez. Ligjet e "Kanunit" kane shrbyer pr m shume se pes qindvjear si mnyra e themelt e sjelljes shoqrore dhe vetqeverisjes pr klanet e Shqipris s Veriut, edhe ather kur rajoni sundohej nga Perandoria Osmane. Rndsia e Kanunit n historin e popullit shqiptar mund t mbivlersohet pak, por rregullat dhe normat e tij vazhdojn ende t ushtrojn nj ndikim t ndjeshm ndr shqiptart q jetojn n Shqipri dhe Kosov, si edhe n vendet tjera n t cilat kan shtegtuar shqiptart. Forma e pare e tij e shkruar i referohet Leke Dukagjinit edhe pse ka ekzistuar q m prpara. Libri i Kanunit t Lek Dukagjinit u mblodh dhe u pajis nga At Shtjefn Gjeovi gjate viteve 1910-1925.

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Kanuni I Lek Dukagjinit