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.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman law textbook
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didactic legal work → legal textbook → part of Corpus Juris Civilis → |
| author |
Dorotheus
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Theophilus → Tribonian → |
| basedOn |
Institutes of Gaius
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| commissionedBy |
Justinian I
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| compiledUnderDirectionOf |
Tribonian
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| contains |
definitions of legal concepts
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summaries of Roman civil law rules → |
| dateOfPublication |
533
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| genre |
legal treatise
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| hasAlternativeName |
Institutiones Iustiniani
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The Institutes of Justinian → |
| hasCanonicalStatus |
authoritative source of Roman law under Justinian
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| hasTitle |
Institutiones
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| historicalPeriod |
Byzantine Empire
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| influenced |
civil law tradition
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continental European legal systems → medieval civil law → |
| influencedBy |
classical Roman jurists
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| isComponentOf |
Justinianic codification
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Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis → |
| jurisdiction |
Roman Empire
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| language |
Latin
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| legalDomain |
private law
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| legalFamily |
civil law
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| legalStatus |
had force of law in the Roman Empire
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| legalSystem |
Roman law
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| partOf |
Corpus Juris Civilis
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| placeOfPublication |
Constantinople
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| promulgatedBy |
Justinian I
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| promulgationDate |
21 November 533
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| purpose |
introductory textbook for law students
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systematic exposition of principles of civil law → |
| structure |
four books
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| subjectMatter |
actions
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obligations → persons → things → |
| targetAudience |
beginning law students
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teachers of law → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Body of Civil Law
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hasPart |
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Corpus Juris Civilis
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part |