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Andreja Mihailović, Draginja

Vuksanović Stanković, Marko

Dokić: “Oregonskom stazom iz

filma Put na zapad: Razmatranja

u povijesnom okviru iz

perspektive političke i pravne

teorije"

Oregonskom stazom iz filma Put na zapad: Razmatranja u povijesnom okviru iz perspektive političke i pravne teorije

Dr. sc. Andreja Mihailović, docentica Pravnog fakulteta Univerziteta Crne Gore, Ulica 13. jula 2, 81000 Podgorica, Crna Gora; andreja@ucg.ac.me; ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3002-6442

Dr. sc. Draginja Vuksanović Stanković, izvanredna profesorica Pravnog fakulteta Univerziteta Crne Gore, Ulica 13. jula 2, 81000 Podgorica, Crna Gora; draginjav@t-com.me; ORCID ID: orcid.org/0009-0000-2238-4576

Dr. sc. Marko Dokić, profesor Pravnog fakulteta Univerziteta Crne Gore, Ulica 13. jula 2, 81000 Podgorica, Crna Gora; markodokic@t-com.me; ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-6328-4683

Sažetak
Ovaj rad pruža pravno-teorijsku analizu vlasti nad karavanom na Oregonskoj stazi u filmu Andrewa V. McLaglena Put na zapad iz 1967. godine. Naime, ovaj film iz ere klasičnoga vesterna prikazuje gledateljima razdoblje iz povijesti Amerike koje su obilježile migracije na zapad. Riječ je o 40-im godinama 19. stoljeća kada su kolonisti u većem broju, najvećim dijelom iz država Srednjega zapada, odlučili krenuti na put od 3200 km do Oregona. Dakle, iako je riječ o filmu, on ima svoje povijesno utemeljenje u stvarnim događajima, pa su zato prigodom pravne analize filma promatrana pitanja poput formiranja društva prije kretanja na put i donošenja pravila o zaštiti vlasništva, uređenju imovinskih odnosa i kažnjavanju u slučajevima kada sudionici pothvata počine prijestup, a koja su bila predmet znanstvene obrade u okviru povijesti prava u većem broju radova. Ali, u ovome će radu ona biti analizirana s osloncem na radnju filma, a predmet posebnog promatranja bit će vlast koja je na temelju ugovora povjerena vođi puta iz ugla političke i pravne teorije, što uključuje analizu kako njezine prirode tako i svih njezinih karakteristike. Na taj se način čitateljima pokušava predočiti povezanost pravne i popularne kulture, njihovo prožimanje i međuutjecaj.

Ključne riječi: teorija prava; politička teorija; film; Put na zapad; vlast

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3935/zpfz.76.3.6

Hrčak ID: 349764

URI: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349764

Stranice: 481-510

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Along the Oregon Trail in the Film The Way West: Considerations in a Historical Framework from the Perspective of Political and Legal Theory

Andreja Mihailović, Ph. D., Assistant Professor, University of Montenegro Faculty of Law, Ulica 13. jula 2, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro; andreja@ucg.ac.me; ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3002-6442

Draginja Vuksanović Stanković, Ph. D., Associate Professor, University of Montenegro Faculty of Law, Ulica 13. jula 2, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro; draginjav@t-com.me; ORCID ID: orcid.org/0009-0000-2238-4576

Marko Dokić, Ph. D., Professor, University of Montenegro Faculty of Law, Ulica 13. jula 2, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro; markodokic@t-com.me; ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-6328-4683

Summary
This paper provides a theoretical-legal analysis of authority over the caravan along the Oregon Trail in Andrew V. McLaglen’s 1967 film The Way West. Belonging to the era of the classical Western, the film depicts a period in American history marked by westward migration. The focus is on the 1840s, when settlers – primarily from the Midwestern states – undertook the 3,200 km journey to Oregon. While the work in question is a film, it is grounded in actual historical events. Accordingly, the legal analysis undertaken engages with issues such as the formation of associations prior to the commencement of the journey, the establishment of rules concerning the protection of property, the regulation of proprietary relations, and the imposition of sanctions in instances when settlers commit offenses, matters that have been extensively examined in legal-historical scholarship. In this paper, these questions are analysed with specific reference to the film’s narrative framework, while particular attention is devoted to the authority contractually conferred upon the leader of the expedition, examined from the standpoint of political and legal theory. This entails an analysis of both the nature of such authority and its defining characteristics. Through this approach, the paper seeks to demonstrate the interrelationship between legal culture and popular culture, as well as their mutual permeation and reciprocal influence.

Keywords: : political theory; legal theory; film; The Way West; authority

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3935/zpfz.76.3.6

Hrčak ID: 349764

URI: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349764

Pages: 481-510

- Andreja Mihailović, Draginja Vuksanović Stanković, Marko Dokić