The Novellae Constitutiones, or Justinian's Novels, are now considered one of the four major units of Roman law initiated by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I during his reign from 527 to 565 AD, alongside the Codex Justinianus, the Digest and the Institutes, which together are known as the Corpus Juris Civilis. Justinian's quaestor Tribonian was primarily responsible for compiling the other three parts as coherent works, but the Novels are a diverse body of laws enacted after 534, when Justinian promulgated the second edition of the Code, and they were never officially compiled during his own reign.
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EraEnacted 534 to 565 CE, over the remainder of Justinian I's reign; never officially compiled in his lifetime 1 Promulgated ByRoman (Byzantine) Emperor Justinian I 1 Sources
1. Novellae Constitutiones (Wikipedia)
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The Novels are a diverse body of laws enacted after 534 (when he promulgated the second edition of the Code) that were never officially compiled during his reign.
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