Codex Justinianus

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Roman legal compilation late Roman legal code law code part of Corpus Juris Civilis

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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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Codex Justinianus canonical 21
Justinian Code 5
Justinianic Code 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legal compilation ⓘ
late Roman legal code ⓘ
law code ⓘ
part of Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Codex Justinianus ⓘ
surface form: Code of Justinian

Codex Justinianus ⓘ
surface form: Codex Iustinianus

Codex Justinianus ⓘ
surface form: Justinianic Code
basisFor later Byzantine legal collections ⓘ
medieval ius commune ⓘ
commissionedBy Justinian I ⓘ
compiledBy John the Cappadocian ⓘ
Theophilus ⓘ
Tribonian ⓘ
compiledUnderReignOf Justinian I ⓘ
componentOf Justinianic reforms ⓘ
contains imperial constitutions from Hadrian to Justinian I ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire ⓘ
dateOfFirstEdition 529 ⓘ
dateOfSecondEdition 534 ⓘ
follows Theodosian Code ⓘ
surface form: Codex Theodosianus
genre legal text ⓘ
hasLegalForceIn Byzantine Empire ⓘ
hasPart twelve books in the second edition ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational source for modern civil law systems ⓘ
includes novellae (new laws) of Justinian in later versions ⓘ
influenced canon law ⓘ
civil law tradition ⓘ
continental European legal systems ⓘ
medieval Roman law reception ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legalFamily civil law ⓘ
legalStatus official collection of imperial constitutions ⓘ
legalSystem Roman law ⓘ
partOf Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
placeOfCompilation Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
precededBy Codex Gregorianus ⓘ
Codex Hermogenianus ⓘ
purpose to replace earlier, conflicting legal constitutions ⓘ
to systematize and consolidate imperial Roman legislation ⓘ
studiedAt University of Bologna ⓘ
subjectMatter administrative law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
ecclesiastical law ⓘ
private law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
timePeriod 6th century ⓘ
usedBy glossators ⓘ
post‑glossators ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Corpus Juris Civilis → part → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Justinian I → notableWork → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Body of Civil Law → alsoKnownAs → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinian Code
Body of Civil Law → part → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Body of Civil Law → hasPart → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Digest → relatedWork → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Code of Justinian
Codex Justinianus → alsoKnownAs → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Code of Justinian
Codex Justinianus → alsoKnownAs → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic Code
Codex Justinianus → alsoKnownAs → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Codex Iustinianus
Novellae Constitutiones → follows → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Novellae Constitutiones → relatedWork → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Tribonian → notableWork → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Dorotheus → notableWork → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinian Code
Petrus Sabbatius → legalCode → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Institutes of Justinian → partOf → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinian Code project
Institutes of Justinian → relatedWork → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Novellae → follows → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Novellae → precededBy → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Codex Justinianus (second edition 534)
Novels of Justinian → follows → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Institutiones → relatedWork → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Justinianic reforms → includes → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Codex Gregorianus → influenceOn → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Codex Gregorianus → relatedWork → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Pandectae → formsWith → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Codex Hermogenianus → partiallyPreservedIn → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinian’s Codex
Byzantine law → codifiedIn → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Gregorian Code → influenced → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinian Code
Gregorian Code → relatedWork → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinian Code
Novellae Justiniani → chronologicallyFollows → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Digest of Justinian → relatedWork → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Emperor of the East → legislatedIn → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Codex Theodosianus → followedBy → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
Jacques Cujas → influencedBy → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinian Code
House of Justinian → knownFor → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic Code
Byzantine institutions → regulatedBy → Codex Justinianus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic Code