Corpus Juris Civilis

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Byzantine legal text Roman law codification legal code

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.

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Label Occurrences
Corpus Juris Civilis canonical 31
Justinianic codification 5
Corpus Iuris Civilis 4

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 ⓘ

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Roman-Dutch law → basedOn → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Roman Empire → notableLegalWork → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Roman law → codifiedIn → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Corpus Juris Civilis → alsoKnownAs → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corpus Iuris Civilis
Corpus Juris Civilis → part → Corpus Juris Civilis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pandects
Byzantine Empire → notableLegalCode → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Arnold Vinnius → influencedBy → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinian’s Institutes
Justinian I → notableWork → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Body of Civil Law → alsoKnownAs → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Body of Civil Law → part → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pandects
Body of Civil Law → compilationOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic legislation
Digest → alsoKnownAs → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pandects
Digest → partOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Digest → isComponentOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic Code tradition
Institutes → partOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Institutes → isComponentOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic codification
Institutes → isComponentOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis
Codex Justinianus → partOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Novellae Constitutiones → partOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Tribonian → notableWork → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Theodosian Code → followedBy → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Theophilus → contributedTo → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic codification of Roman law
Theophilus → contributedTo → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Siete Partidas → influencedBy → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis
Commentarius ad Institutiones Justiniani → influencedBy → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Justinian dynasty → legalContribution → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Byzantine emperors → notableWork → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corpus Juris Civilis (commissioned by Justinian I)
Petrus Sabbatius → notableWork → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Institutes of Justinian → partOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Institutes of Justinian → partOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic codification
Institutes of Justinian → isPartOfSeries → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis textbooks
Novellae → partOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Novellae → relatedTo → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic Code
Modestinus → sourceOfLawFor → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic compilations
Novels of Justinian → partOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Institutiones → partOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Institutiones → alsoKnownAs → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Institutiones Iustiniani
Institutiones → partOfReform → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic codification
Papinian → legalOpinionsUsedIn → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Justinianic reforms → includes → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Codex Gregorianus → influenceOn → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic Corpus Iuris Civilis
Pandectae → partOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Pandectae → isComponentOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic codification
Codex Hermogenianus → influenced → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corpus Iuris Civilis
Codex Hermogenianus → influenced → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic codification
Byzantine law → codifiedIn → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Paulus → influenced → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic compilations
Novellae Justiniani → follows → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corpus Iuris Civilis
Digest of Justinian → partOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
Digest of Justinian → componentOf → Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Justinianic Code