Novellae Constitutiones

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Novellae Constitutiones are the later imperial laws and legal reforms issued mainly by Emperor Justinian I that supplemented and updated the earlier parts of the Corpus Juris Civilis in Byzantine Roman law.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of laws
part of the Corpus Juris Civilis
source of Byzantine law
alternativeName Novellae
Novellae Justiniani
Novels
appliesTo Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
compilationStatus not officially compiled in a single collection during Justinian’s reign
contains general legislative enactments
imperial rescripts
endDate c. 565
follows Codex Justinianus
Digest
Institutes of Justinian
geographicalFocus Eastern provinces of the empire
historicalContext reign of Justinian I
influenced Eastern Orthodox canon law tradition
later civil law tradition
medieval Byzantine law
issuedBy Justinian I
Justinian I
surface form: Justinian the Great

later Byzantine emperors
language Greek
Latin
legalAuthority supreme imperial legislation
legalForm imperial constitutions
legalSystem Roman law
surface form: Byzantine law

Roman law
mainLanguage Greek
notableFeature increasing use of Greek instead of Latin in legislation
partOf Corpus Juris Civilis
predecessor earlier Roman imperial constitutions
purpose to supplement earlier Justinianic legislation
to update and reform Roman law
relatedWork Codex Justinianus
Digest
Institutes of Justinian
startDate c. 535
subjectMatter administrative law
church–state relations
ecclesiastical law
family law
private law
provincial administration
public law
succession law
timePeriod 6th century
transmission preserved in medieval manuscript collections

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Justinian I notableWork Novellae Constitutiones
Tribonian notableWork Novellae Constitutiones
Corpus Juris Civilis part Novellae Constitutiones