BIOCENTRIČNE VRIJEDNOSTI ŽIVOTNOG PROSTORA U LASTOVSKOM STATUTU IZ 1310. GODINE

This paper emphasizes the specific qualities of Lastovo as a bioregional community which found their legal regulation in the provisions of the Lastovo Statute. The inhabitants of Lastovo knew very well how to interpret, recognise and preserve thelocal customs, culture and tradition of their island. The Lastovo Statute stipulates a number of communal-police and ecological rules which were at the very frontline of technical and sanitary achievements of the time. The rules recognized and protected local ecosystems, their specific cultural fabric, bioregional economy and its cultural production, which gave a strong impulse to the development of economic freedoms and common rights. Among other similar documents, the Lastovo Statute by virtue of its wording and spirit testifies to the exceptionally high ideo protean potential of the Mediterranean cultural area.