Institutes
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Institutes is a foundational textbook of Roman law within Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis, designed to systematically introduce and explain the principles of civil law.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Institutes canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Institutes Context triple: [Corpus Juris Civilis, part, Institutes]
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Institute of Educational Studies
The Institute of Educational Studies is a specialized academic and research institute within Cairo University focused on advancing scholarship and professional training in the field of education.
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Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study is a renowned independent research center in Princeton, New Jersey, famous for hosting leading scholars such as Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer in fields like mathematics, physics, and the social sciences.
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Universities Research Association
Universities Research Association is a consortium of research universities that collaborates to manage and support major scientific facilities and high-energy physics research programs in the United States.
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D.
Institute of Environmental Studies and Research
The Institute of Environmental Studies and Research is a specialized graduate and research center at Cairo University focused on environmental science, policy, and sustainable development in Egypt and the surrounding region.
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International Institute of Agriculture
The International Institute of Agriculture was an early 20th-century intergovernmental organization based in Rome that coordinated international agricultural statistics and information, serving as a forerunner to the modern Food and Agriculture Organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Institutes Target entity description: Institutes is a foundational textbook of Roman law within Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis, designed to systematically introduce and explain the principles of civil law.
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A.
Institute of Educational Studies
The Institute of Educational Studies is a specialized academic and research institute within Cairo University focused on advancing scholarship and professional training in the field of education.
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B.
Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study is a renowned independent research center in Princeton, New Jersey, famous for hosting leading scholars such as Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer in fields like mathematics, physics, and the social sciences.
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C.
Universities Research Association
Universities Research Association is a consortium of research universities that collaborates to manage and support major scientific facilities and high-energy physics research programs in the United States.
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D.
Institute of Environmental Studies and Research
The Institute of Environmental Studies and Research is a specialized graduate and research center at Cairo University focused on environmental science, policy, and sustainable development in Egypt and the surrounding region.
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E.
International Institute of Agriculture
The International Institute of Agriculture was an early 20th-century intergovernmental organization based in Rome that coordinated international agricultural statistics and information, serving as a forerunner to the modern Food and Agriculture Organization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman law textbook
ⓘ
didactic legal work ⓘ legal textbook ⓘ part of Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ |
| author |
Dorotheus
ⓘ
Theophilus ⓘ Tribonian ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Institutes of Gaius
ⓘ
linked to:
Institutes of Justinian
|
| commissionedBy | Justinian I ⓘ |
| compiledUnderDirectionOf | Tribonian ⓘ |
| contains |
definitions of legal concepts
ⓘ
summaries of Roman civil law rules ⓘ |
| dateOfPublication | 533 ⓘ |
| genre | legal treatise ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Institutiones Iustiniani
ⓘ
linked to:
Institutes of Justinian
The Institutes of Justinian ⓘ
linked to:
Institutes of Justinian
|
| hasCanonicalStatus | authoritative source of Roman law under Justinian ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Institutiones ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| influenced |
civil law tradition
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continental European legal systems ⓘ medieval civil law ⓘ |
| influencedBy | classical Roman jurists ⓘ |
| isComponentOf |
Justinianic codification
ⓘ
linked to:
Corpus Juris Civilis
Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
linked to:
Corpus Juris Civilis
|
| jurisdiction | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| legalDomain | private law ⓘ |
| legalFamily | civil law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | had force of law in the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Roman law ⓘ |
| partOf | Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Constantinople
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linked to:
Istanbul
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| promulgatedBy | Justinian I ⓘ |
| promulgationDate | 21 November 533 ⓘ |
| purpose |
introductory textbook for law students
ⓘ
systematic exposition of principles of civil law ⓘ |
| structure | four books ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
actions
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obligations ⓘ persons ⓘ things ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
beginning law students
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teachers of law ⓘ |
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Subject: Institutes Description of subject: Institutes is a foundational textbook of Roman law within Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis, designed to systematically introduce and explain the principles of civil law.
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