Code of Justinian Codex Justinianeus | |
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![]() Excerpt from the manuscript "Codex Justiniani I-IX". Medieval copy of the famous Code of Justinian. Copied by Franciscus Accursius in the 13th century. Preserved in the Ghent University Library.[1] | |
Petrvs Sabbativs Ivstinianvs Avgvstvs, Roman emperor | |
Territorial extent | Eastern Roman Empire |
Enacted by | Petrvs Sabbativs Ivstinianvs Avgvstvs, Roman emperor |
Effective | 7 April 529 |
Introduced by | John of Cappadocia, Tribonian |
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The Code of Justinian (Latin: Codex Justinianus, Justinianeus[2] or Justiniani) is one part of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the codification of Roman law ordered early in the 6th century AD by Justinian I, who was Eastern Roman emperor in Constantinople. Two other units, the Digest and the Institutes, were created during his reign. The fourth part, the Novellae Constitutiones (New Constitutions, or Novels), was compiled unofficially after his death but is now also thought of as part of the Corpus Juris Civilis.[3]