Body of Civil Law
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The Body of Civil Law is the monumental 6th-century codification of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, which became a foundational source for later European legal systems.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine law code
ⓘ
Roman law codification ⓘ legal code ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Corpus Juris Civilis
ⓘ
Codex Justinianus ⓘ
surface form:
Justinian Code
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
|
| commissionedBy | Justinian I ⓘ |
| compilationOf |
Corpus Juris Civilis
ⓘ
surface form:
Justinianic legislation
Roman imperial constitutions ⓘ classical Roman juristic writings ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 6th century ⓘ |
| draftedBy |
Dorotheus
ⓘ
Theophilus ⓘ Tribonian ⓘ |
| endTime | 534 ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | university legal education in medieval Europe ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Codex Justinianus
ⓘ
Digest ⓘ Institutes ⓘ Novellae ⓘ |
| influenced |
German Civil Code
ⓘ
Napoleonic Code ⓘ
surface form:
Latin American civil codes
Napoleonic Code ⓘ canon law ⓘ civil law tradition ⓘ continental European legal systems ⓘ modern private law in Europe ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official codification of Roman law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Roman law ⓘ |
| orderedBy | Justinian I ⓘ |
| part |
Codex Justinianus
ⓘ
Digest ⓘ Institutes ⓘ Novellae ⓘ Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
surface form:
Pandects
|
| placeOfCompilation |
Istanbul
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
|
| startTime | 528 ⓘ |
| studiedAt | University of Bologna ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
administrative law
ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ ecclesiastical law ⓘ private law ⓘ procedural law ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| usedBy |
glossators
ⓘ
post‑glossators ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.