The Corpus Iuris Civilis
Justinian’s legislative work is mainly comprised of the Code (Codex repetitae praelectionis), the Digest, the Institutes and the Novels. All four compilations together constitute the material known as Corpus Iuris Civilis. The latter term did not originate in Justinian’s time[631]; it was invented by Dionysius Godofredus (15491622), who produced in 1583 the first scholarly edition of Justinian’s codification that remained the standard edition until the nineteenth century.[632]
5.4.8
Source:
Mousourakis G.. Roman Law and the Origins of the Civil Law Tradition. Springer,2015. — 339 p.. 2015
More on the topic The Corpus Iuris Civilis:
- Legal scholars use the term ‘civil law systems’ to describe the legal systems of all those nations predominantly within the historical tradition derived from Roman law as transmitted to Continental Europe through the Corpus Iuris Civilis of Emperor Justinian.[834]
- 1. Contract and pacta in the Corpus Juris Civilis
- 5 Justinian and the Corpus Iuris
- 12 JUSTINIAN AND THE CORPUS IURIS
- The most important legal undertaking of Antiquity was the compilation of what was later called Corpus luris Civilis promulgated by Emperor Justinian.
- Other types of obligations stricti iuris
- Liberum corpus nullam recipit aestimationem
- In principle, a sui iuris Roman citizen enjoyed all the rights of citizenship and could own property as well as perform legal acts.
- Corpus, dignitas and fama
- Post-classical developments, Corpus Juris and ius commune
- A. LEGAL TEXTS
- Justinian’s compilation
- Sources of Roman law
- Abbreviations
- APPLIED CIVIL LAW: LEGAL PROCEDURE
- Acknowledgments
- Conditional Sales
- LIST OF PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS
- The boni mores and the ins commune