Institutes of Justinian
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The Institutes of Justinian is a 6th-century Roman legal textbook that systematically presents and explains the principles of Roman law as part of Emperor Justinian I’s codification project.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Institutes of Justinian canonical | 14 |
| Justinian’s Institutes | 3 |
| Institutes of Gaius | 1 |
| Institutiones Iustiniani | 1 |
| The Institutes of Justinian | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Institutes of Justinian Context triple: [Justinian I, notableWork, Institutes of Justinian]
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A.
Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
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B.
Theodosian Code
The Theodosian Code was a 5th-century compilation of Roman imperial laws commissioned by Emperor Theodosius II that systematized legislation from Constantine onward and became a foundational source for later European legal traditions.
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C.
Corpus Juris Civilis
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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D.
Commentarius ad Institutiones Justiniani
Commentarius ad Institutiones Justiniani is a scholarly legal commentary by Dutch jurist Simon van Leeuwen on Justinian’s Institutes, influential in the study of Roman and civil law.
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E.
Commentarius ad Pandectas
Commentarius ad Pandectas is a seminal multi-volume legal commentary on the Roman law Digest that became a foundational work of Roman-Dutch law and influenced civil law systems in Europe and beyond.
- 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 of Justinian Target entity description: The Institutes of Justinian is a 6th-century Roman legal textbook that systematically presents and explains the principles of Roman law as part of Emperor Justinian I’s codification project.
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A.
Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
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B.
Theodosian Code
The Theodosian Code was a 5th-century compilation of Roman imperial laws commissioned by Emperor Theodosius II that systematized legislation from Constantine onward and became a foundational source for later European legal traditions.
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C.
Corpus Juris Civilis
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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D.
Commentarius ad Institutiones Justiniani
Commentarius ad Institutiones Justiniani is a scholarly legal commentary by Dutch jurist Simon van Leeuwen on Justinian’s Institutes, influential in the study of Roman and civil law.
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E.
Commentarius ad Pandectas
Commentarius ad Pandectas is a seminal multi-volume legal commentary on the Roman law Digest that became a foundational work of Roman-Dutch law and influenced civil law systems in Europe and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman legal textbook
ⓘ
law book ⓘ legal codification ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
|
| author | Justinian I ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Institutiones
ⓘ
surface form:
Institutes of Gaius
|
| centuryOfOrigin | 6th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Justinian I ⓘ |
| compiler |
Dorotheus
ⓘ
Theophilus ⓘ Tribonian ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| coversTopic |
actions
ⓘ
obligations ⓘ persons ⓘ things ⓘ |
| dateOfEnactment | 21 November 533 ⓘ |
| dateOfPublication | 533 ⓘ |
| describedAs | elementary introduction to Justinianic law ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil law
ⓘ
private law ⓘ |
| genre | legal treatise ⓘ |
| hasLegalEffect | served as official teaching text in law schools of the empire ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book I
ⓘ
Book II ⓘ Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ |
| hasStructure | four-book division ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| influenced |
canon law
ⓘ
continental European legal systems ⓘ medieval civil law ⓘ modern civil codes ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries |
Corpus Juris Civilis
ⓘ
surface form:
Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis textbooks
|
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| legalStatus | had force of law in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Roman law ⓘ |
| partOf |
Corpus Juris Civilis
ⓘ
Codex Justinianus ⓘ
surface form:
Justinian Code project
Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
surface form:
Justinianic codification
|
| placeOfPublication |
Constantinople (probable)
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
|
| promulgatedBy | Justinian I ⓘ |
| purpose |
introductory textbook for law students
ⓘ
systematic exposition of Roman private law ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Codex Justinianus
ⓘ
Digest of Justinian ⓘ Novellae Constitutiones ⓘ |
| teaches | principles of Roman private law ⓘ |
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Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Institutes of Justinian
this entity surface form:
Institutiones Iustiniani
this entity surface form:
Institutes of Gaius
this entity surface form:
Justinian’s Institutes
this entity surface form:
Justinian’s Institutes
this entity surface form:
Justinian’s Institutes