Institutes of Justinian
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| + | “The [[law of nature]] is that which she has taught all animals; a law not peculiar to the human race, but shared by all living creatures, whether denizens of the air, the dry land, or the sea. Hence comes the union of male and female, which we call [[marriage]]; hence the procreation and rearing of children, for this is a law by the knowledge of which we see even the lower animals are distinguished.”--''[[Institutes of Justinian]]'' () by J. B. Moyle | ||
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| The '''Institutes of Justinian''' (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"). | The '''Institutes of Justinian''' (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 law of nature is that which she has taught all animals; a law not peculiar to the human race, but shared by all living creatures, whether denizens of the air, the dry land, or the sea. Hence comes the union of male and female, which we call marriage; hence the procreation and rearing of children, for this is a law by the knowledge of which we see even the lower animals are distinguished.”--Institutes of Justinian () by J. B. Moyle |
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The Institutes of Justinian (Institutiones Justiniani) 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").
