Corpus+Juris+Civilis

//Corpus Juris Civilis//, literally meaning "Body of Civil Law", was the law code created under Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. It was written between the years of 529 to 565 CE. This law code was mainly based on past Roman laws and ideas, but also included were new laws of Emperor Justinian. Four main parts made it up - //Codex Constitutionum, Digesta//, //Institutiones//, and //Novellae Constitutiones Post Codicem//.

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