| Corpus Iuris Civilis Contributor(s): Schoell, Rudolf (Editor), Kroll, Wilhelm (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108071279 ISBN-13: 9781108071277 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $102.60 Product Type: Paperback Language: Latin Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.66" H x 7" W x 10" (3.14 lbs) 838 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 3 contains the Novellae. |
