Law Enforcement, Education Accessibility and The Kanun

Abstract

This study exposes the violation of Articles One through Five in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights compiled in Paris on December 10th, 1948 by the people of Albania, the lack of law enforcement by official authorities and the deprivation to formal educational programs. “The Kanun,” provides the grounds upon which Albanian culture is based (Littlewood, 2002), contains the set of ideas that regulates Albanian blood feuds (Grutzpalk, 2002) and defines in a broad sense the sets of norms and rules of social activities based on very specific notions such as honor, loyal, trust, belief, assurance for safety and truce incorporated in the Albanian society (Celik & Shkreli, 2010). The study is built upon Cosmopolitan framework and to defense of Universal Human Rights. The legal system is examined into three historical periods: one, from fifteenth century, time Kanun was written to around 1946 when dictatorship regime was established; two, Communist regime from around 1946 to 1992 and three, from 1992 to present. The study will describe how legal system has responded at different historical times to blood feuds and analyze how lack of law enforcement has helped perpetuate the problems since the fifteenth century. Education perspective will be theoretically reframed in terms of accessibility and comprehension and ability to interpret Kanun. Individual knowledge capabilities, where Kanun is most practiced will be studied to explore the differences between urban and rural areas and how each differentiates and contributes to phenomenon.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n1p419