The Justinian Code (Corpus Juris Civilis) is the collection of Roman law compiled under the Byzantine emperor Justinian I beginning in 529 CE, led by the jurist Tribonian. It gathered centuries of imperial edicts and juristic writing into four parts, the Codex of imperial constitutions, the Digest of legal opinions, the Institutes as a teaching manual, and the later Novellae. It became the foundation of the civil law tradition followed across continental Europe and beyond.
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Document TypeCollection of fundamental works in jurisprudence 1 Creation Year Origin Place Original Language Document Type
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Source Corpus Juris Civilis (Wikipedia)
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- Also in Language Atlas: Latin, used in there.
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1. Corpus Juris Civilis (Wikipedia)
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Collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence
Compilation section
The work was directed by Tribonian, an official in Justinian's court in Constantinople.
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The text was composed and distributed almost entirely in Latin
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It is also sometimes referred to metonymically after one of its parts, the Code of Justinian.
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Infobox date: 534---df=y
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The Corpus Juris (or Iuris) Civilis ("Body of Civil Law") is the modern name for a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence, enacted from 529
In Era: The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, lead paragraph and infobox, date
Infobox date: 534---df=y
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