Corpus Juris Civilis

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Corpus Juris Civilis is the monumental codification of Roman law ordered by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century, which became a foundational source for many later European legal systems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine legal text ⓘ
Roman law codification ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Body of Civil Law ⓘ
Corpus Iuris Civilis ⓘ
appliesTo citizens of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
commissionedBy Justinian I ⓘ
compiledBy Dorotheus ⓘ
Theophilus ⓘ
Tribonian ⓘ
contains imperial constitutions ⓘ
juristic writings ⓘ
legal principles ⓘ
date 6th century ⓘ
endDate 534 ⓘ
hasPart first Codex (529) ⓘ
revised Codex (534) ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
impact foundation of modern civil law systems ⓘ
influenced Canon law ⓘ
German Civil Code ⓘ
Napoleonic Code ⓘ
civil law tradition ⓘ
continental European legal systems ⓘ
jurisdiction Byzantine Empire ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legalDomain private law ⓘ
procedural law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
legalStatus official codification of Roman law ⓘ
legalSystem Roman law ⓘ
orderedBy Justinian I ⓘ
part Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Digest ⓘ
Institutes ⓘ
Novellae Constitutiones ⓘ
Pandects ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Istanbul
precededBy Theodosian Code ⓘ
purpose codification of Roman law ⓘ
systematization of imperial constitutions ⓘ
revival 12th century reception in Western Europe ⓘ
startDate 528 ⓘ
studiedAt University of Bologna ⓘ
subject Roman private law doctrines ⓘ
imperial legislation ⓘ
legal education in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ

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