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.
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Era (category) Era (category) EraPublished 21 November 533 CE; promulgated with the Digest 30 December 533 CE 2 Promulgated ByByzantine Emperor Justinian I 2 Legal Status
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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").
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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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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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