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Institutes of Justinian

Roman and Late Antique Law

The Institutes of Justinian is a component of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the sixth-century codification of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, and it is largely based on the Institutes of Gaius, a Roman jurist of the second century AD. The other parts of the Corpus Juris Civilis are the Digest, the Codex Justinianus and the Novellae Constitutiones.

Facts
Era
Era (category)
Medieval / Pre-1500 2
Era (category)
Roman Law 2
Era
Published 21 November 533 CE; promulgated with the Digest 30 December 533 CE 2
Promulgated By
Byzantine Emperor Justinian I 2
Legal Status
Legal Status (category)
Historical / No Longer in Force 1
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Authored By

Justinian I, Jurists
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1. Institutes (Justinian) (Wikipedia)
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    The Institutes (Latin: Institutiones) is a component of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the 6th-century codification of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. It is largely based upon the Institutes of Gaius, a Roman jurist of the second century A.D. The other parts of the Corpus Juris Civilis are the Digest, the Codex Justinianus, and the Novellae Constitutiones ("New Constitutions" or "Novels").
  • In Group: Roman Imperial and Justinianic Compilations, Introduction, sentence 1
    The Institutes (Latin: Institutiones) is a component of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the 6th-century codification of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
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2. Institutes of Justinian (Wikipedia)
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The Institutes (Latin: Institutiones) is a component of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the 6th-century codification of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
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