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The most famous legal work of the ancient world was compiled at the order of the emperor Justinian (c.482-565) and issued in the period 529-34. It was intended to be a complete codification of all law, to be used as the only source of law in all the courts of the empire. The work was divided into three parts: the Codex Justinianus contained all of the extant imperial enactments from the time of Hadrian; the Digesta compiled the writings of great Roman jurists; and the Institutiones was intended as a textbook for law schools. However, Justinian later found himself obliged to create more laws, and these were published as the Novellae. This three-volume Latin edition of 1872-95, prepared by the great classical historian Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903) and his colleagues, is the culmination of centuries of palaeographical and legal studies. Volume 1 contains the Institutiones and Digesta.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139781108071253
eBay Product ID (ePID)195942345
Product Key Features
Number of Pages988 Pages
Publication NameCorpus Iuris Civilis
LanguageLatin
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorTheodor Mommsen, Paul Krueger
SeriesCambridge Library Collection-Classics
Dimensions
Item Height254 mm
Item Weight1680 g
Item Width178 mm
VolumeVolume 1
Additional Product Features
EditorTheodor Mommsen, Paul Krueger
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom