The monument was unveiled on 19th December 2002, on the occasion of the Liberation Day of Podgorica. It is the work of Pavle Pejovic, an academic sculptor and Maja Velimirovic-Popovic, an architect.
Valtazar Bogisic (Cavtat, 1834 – Rijeka, 1908) is the founder of Montenegrin legal thought, author of the General Property Code for the Principality of Montenegro, proclaimed in 1888 and translated into five languages, Minister of Justice of Prince Nikola and Professor of Slovenian Law at the University of Odessa.
The monument is located in 13. Jul street, on a plateau in front of the building of Law Faculty.
