Codex Justinianus

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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.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legal compilation
late Roman legal code
law code
part of Corpus Juris Civilis
alsoKnownAs Code of Justinian
Codex Iustinianus
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 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 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

Referenced by (13)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Body of Civil Law ("Justinian Code")
Codex Justinianus ("Code of Justinian")
Codex Justinianus ("Justinianic Code")
Codex Justinianus ("Codex Iustinianus")
alsoKnownAs
Dorotheus ("Justinian Code")
Justinian I
Tribonian
notableWork
Body of Civil Law
Corpus Juris Civilis
part
Digest ("Code of Justinian")
Novellae Constitutiones
relatedWork
Novellae Constitutiones
follows
Body of Civil Law
hasPart

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