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| - | The '''''Digest''''', also known as the '''Pandects''' ([[Latin]]: ''Digesta seu Pandectae'', adapted from [[Ancient Greek]] πανδέκτης ''pandektes'', "all-containing"), is a name given to a compendium or digest of juristic writings on [[Roman law]] compiled by order of the [[Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire|Eastern Roman]] emperor [[Justinian I]] in the 6th century CE (530-533). It is divided into 50 books. | ||
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| - | The Digest was part of a reduction and codification of all [[Roman laws]] up to that time, which later came to be known as the ''[[Corpus Juris Civilis]]'' (lit. "Body of Civil Law"). The other two parts were a collection of statutes, the [[Codex Justinianus|''Codex'' (Code)]], which survives in a second edition, and an introductory textbook, the [[Institutes of Justinian|Institutes]]; all three parts were given force of law. The set was intended to be complete, but Justinian passed further legislation, which was later collected separately as the ''[[Novellae Constitutiones]]'' (New Laws or, conventionally, the "Novels"). | ||
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| - | * ''[[Corpus Juris Civilis]]'' | ||
| - | * [[Civil code]] | ||
| - | * [[Law of Citations]] | ||
| + | The '''Institutes of Justinian''' ({{lang-la|Institutiones Justiniani}}) is a unit of the ''[[Corpus Juris Civilis]]'', the sixth-century codification of [[Roman law]] ordered by the [[Byzantine empire|Byzantine]] emperor [[Justinian I]]. It is largely based upon the Institutes of [[Gaius (jurist)|Gaius]], a Roman jurist of the second century A.D. The other units in the ''Corpus Juris Civilis'' are the ''[[Digest (Roman law)|Digest]]'', the ''[[Codex Justinianus]]'', and the ''[[Novellae Constitutiones]]'' ("New Constitutions" or "Novels"). | ||
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The Institutes of Justinian (Template:Lang-la) is a unit of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the sixth-century codification of Roman law ordered by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. It is largely based upon the Institutes of Gaius, a Roman jurist of the second century A.D. The other units in the Corpus Juris Civilis are the Digest, the Codex Justinianus, and the Novellae Constitutiones ("New Constitutions" or "Novels").
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