Digest (Pandects)

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Roman law compilation legal text

The Digest (Pandects) is a 6th-century compilation of Roman juristic writings ordered by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, forming a central part of the Corpus Juris Civilis and a foundational source for later civil law.

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Digest 2
Digest (Pandects) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman law compilation ⓘ
legal text ⓘ
aim to provide an authoritative statement of Roman private law ⓘ
to systematize Roman juristic literature ⓘ
basedOn writings of classical Roman jurists ⓘ
centralTo glossators' scholarship ⓘ
commissionedBy Justinian I NERFINISHED ⓘ
compiledBy Justinianic law commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tribonian NERFINISHED ⓘ
compiledInCentury 6th century ⓘ
compiledInEmpire Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
compiledUnderAuthorityOf Justinian I NERFINISHED ⓘ
componentOf Justinianic codification NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains excerpts of Roman juristic writings ⓘ
opinions of classical Roman jurists ⓘ
dateOfPromulgation 533 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Digesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pandectae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pandects NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCanonicalManuscript Littera Florentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGenre juristic anthology ⓘ
law code ⓘ
historicalPeriod Justinianic era NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Roman–Germanic legal tradition ⓘ
continental European legal systems ⓘ
medieval civil law ⓘ
modern civil law codes ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legalField civil law ⓘ
legalStatusAtPromulgation binding source of law in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
legalSystem Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalTradition civil law tradition ⓘ
numberOfBooks 50 ⓘ
partOf Corpus Juris Civilis NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfCompilation Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscripts ⓘ
relatedWork Code of Justinian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Institutes of Justinian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Novellae Constitutiones NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedAt University of Bologna NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter family law ⓘ
inheritance law ⓘ
obligations ⓘ
private law ⓘ
procedure ⓘ
property law ⓘ
usedAs primary source for reconstruction of classical Roman law ⓘ

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Petrus Sabbatius → legalCode → Digest (Pandects) ⓘ
Pandectae → hasAlternativeName → Digest (Pandects) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digest
Byzantine law → codifiedIn → Digest (Pandects) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digest