Corpus Juris Civilis
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Corpus Juris Civilis is the monumental codification of Roman law ordered by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century, which became a foundational source for many later European legal systems.
Observed surface forms (8)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pandects | 3 |
| Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis | 2 |
| Corpus Iuris Civilis | 1 |
| Justinianic Code tradition | 1 |
| Justinianic codification | 1 |
| Justinianic codification of Roman law | 1 |
| Justinianic legislation | 1 |
| Justinian’s Institutes | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine legal text
ⓘ
Roman law codification ⓘ legal code ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Body of Civil Law
ⓘ
Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
surface form:
Corpus Iuris Civilis
|
| appliesTo | citizens of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Justinian I ⓘ |
| compiledBy |
Dorotheus
ⓘ
Theophilus ⓘ Tribonian ⓘ |
| contains |
imperial constitutions
ⓘ
juristic writings ⓘ legal principles ⓘ |
| date | 6th century ⓘ |
| endDate | 534 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
first Codex (529)
ⓘ
revised Codex (534) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| impact | foundation of modern civil law systems ⓘ |
| influenced |
Canon law
ⓘ
German Civil Code ⓘ Napoleonic Code ⓘ civil law tradition ⓘ continental European legal systems ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
private law
ⓘ
procedural law ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official codification of Roman law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Roman law ⓘ |
| orderedBy | Justinian I ⓘ |
| part |
Codex Justinianus
ⓘ
Digest ⓘ Institutes ⓘ Novellae Constitutiones ⓘ Corpus Juris Civilis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pandects
|
| placeOfOrigin |
Istanbul
ⓘ
surface form:
Constantinople
|
| precededBy | Theodosian Code ⓘ |
| purpose |
codification of Roman law
ⓘ
systematization of imperial constitutions ⓘ |
| revival | 12th century reception in Western Europe ⓘ |
| startDate | 528 ⓘ |
| studiedAt | University of Bologna ⓘ |
| subject |
Roman private law doctrines
ⓘ
imperial legislation ⓘ legal education in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Corpus Iuris Civilis
this entity surface form:
Pandects
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Justinianic legislation
this entity surface form:
Justinianic codification of Roman law
this entity surface form:
Justinian’s Institutes
this entity surface form:
Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis
this entity surface form:
Justinianic Code tradition
this entity surface form:
Justinianic codification
this entity surface form:
Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis
this entity surface form:
Pandects
this entity surface form:
Pandects