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.
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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