Roman jurists

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Roman jurists were ancient legal scholars of the Roman Empire whose systematic analyses and writings on law profoundly shaped later European legal traditions and the development of civil law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman profession
group of legal scholars
legal expert
activeIn Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Roman Republic NERFINISHED
contributedTo Roman private law
Roman public law
family law
law of obligations
law of procedure
law of property
fieldOfWork Roman law NERFINISHED
civil law
jurisprudence
legal interpretation
legal science
influenced Corpus Juris Civilis NERFINISHED
Justinian Code NERFINISHED
canon law
continental European legal systems
medieval civil law
modern civil law traditions
knownFor classification of legal concepts
development of legal terminology
digesta (legal writings) NERFINISHED
legal commentaries
responsa (legal opinions)
systematic analysis of law
languageOfWork Latin
location Ancient Rome NERFINISHED
Italian Peninsula NERFINISHED
notableMember Celsus NERFINISHED
Gaius NERFINISHED
Julianus NERFINISHED
Labeo NERFINISHED
Modestinus NERFINISHED
Papinian NERFINISHED
Paulus NERFINISHED
Sabinus NERFINISHED
Scaevola NERFINISHED
Ulpian NERFINISHED
partOf Roman legal system
role advising emperors
advising magistrates
drafting legal texts
teaching law
timePeriod 1st century BCE
1st century CE
2nd century CE
3rd century CE
usedIn Roman courts

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Guillaume Budé influencedBy Roman jurists