Digest

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The Digest is a key component of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I’s Corpus Juris Civilis, compiling and systematizing classical Roman jurists’ writings on law.

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Digesta 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman law compilation
legal text
part of Corpus Juris Civilis
alsoKnownAs Digest
surface form: Digesta

Corpus Juris Civilis
surface form: Pandects
basedOn writings of classical Roman jurists
capitalOfOrigin Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople
commissionedBy Justinian I
compiledBy Tribonian
commission of jurists appointed by Justinian I
compiledIn 533
6th century
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire
editorInChief Tribonian
genre juridical literature
hasLegalForceFrom December 30, 533
hasPart 50 books
includesWorkOf Gaius
Modestinus
Papinian
Paulus
Ulpian
influenced ius commune
medieval civil law
modern civil law systems
isComponentOf Corpus Juris Civilis
surface form: Justinianic Code tradition
language Latin
legalStatus had force of law in the Byzantine Empire
legalSystem Roman law
surface form: Byzantine law

Roman law
numberOfBooks 50
partOf Corpus Juris Civilis
promulgatedBy Justinian I
promulgatedIn 533
purpose to provide an authoritative legal reference
to systematize classical Roman jurisprudence
relatedWork Codex Justinianus
surface form: Code of Justinian

Institutes of Justinian
Novels of Justinian
structure organized into books, titles, and fragments
studiedAt University of Bologna
subject civil law
family law
obligations
private law
procedure
property law
succession law
usedBy glossators
post‑glossators

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Digest alsoKnownAs Digest
this entity surface form: Digesta
Justinian I notableWork Digest
Tribonian notableWork Digest
this entity surface form: Digesta
Body of Civil Law part Digest
Corpus Juris Civilis part Digest