536 - Justiinian's Re-Codification of Law (oct 15, 536 – oct 15, 536)
Description:
- Instituteso Introduction to Roman law
o Lost in West for centuries
- Codex
o Compilation of imperial legislation, 2nd-6th century
o Known and used throughout Medieval period
o Hard to apply without the introduction
- Digest
o Compilation of excerpts from Roman jurists
o This is part of what was recovered in 11th c.
- Novellae
o Justinian’s own legislation
o Lost and recovered piecemeal
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Date:
oct 15, 536
oct 15, 536
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