DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRADITION OF DECENTRALIZATION OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN THE MIDDLE-EUROPEAN EUROPEAN CITIES (IN THE CASE OF MAGDEBURGIAN LAW)

The article analyzes the signs of decentralization of public authority that were inherent in the European medieval cities that received the Magdeburg law. Signs of decentralization of power include: the functioning of local government (city council) election of councilors in democratic elections; decentralized legal proceedings; special rules of taxation. The disadvantage of decentralized power in cities, had Magdeburg right was the deprivation of the right to vote and participate in the election of women.