The Code of Justinian was the most important set of Roman civil rights and laws. The collection was compiled in 529-534 AD. e., during the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great.
Assembly Development
In February 528, by decree of Vasileus Justinian I, a state commission was created, consisting of ten people. And already on April 7, 529, the legislative code of Justinian was published. The text of this collection contained all the imperial decrees and decrees from the 1st to the 6th century AD. e. The next step of the emperor was the systematization of the so-called ancient law (jus vetus), which was the writings of various Roman lawyers, as well as their comments on praetor and civil law.
On December 15, 530, Vasileus issued a decree on the creation of a committee of fifteen people headed by the most famous Greek lawyer of that time, Triborian. In addition to this scientist, the committee included two professors from the Academy of Constantinople, two professors from the Academy of Berytus, and eleven lawyers. The committee was given the task of writing digests - that is, isolatingnecessary excerpts from the works of classical ancient jurists. This was done by mid-December 533.
In parallel with this work, Tribonian, Theophilus and Dorotheus were preparing institutions that later became part of the Justinian code. Institutions was a textbook for law students (it eventually had four volumes). The last part of this grandiose collection was the finally redacted code of laws, published in November 534.
Thus, the code of Emperor Justinian initially consisted of three voluminous components: institutions (of four volumes), digests (consisting of fifty books, which included excerpts from almost two thousand writings of Roman lawyers), the code itself (twelve books). Later, after the death of Vasileus, the so-called Novellas were added to these three main chapters. They were written by Professor Julian of Constantinople in 556 and were a collection of decrees and decrees of the emperor, issued from 535 to 556. This became the fourth part of the code.
The practical significance of the legislature
The Code of Justinian from the middle of the VI century and throughout the Middle Ages was the main source of law for most European countries. In part, this also applies to Russia, since he significantly influenced the so-called. Pilot Books is a domestic collection of secular and Orthodox laws.
In medieval Europe, activerevival and assimilation of Roman law. In the monarchies of the early feudal period, which were formed in the territories of the Western Roman Empire, ancient Roman legal norms in culture and legislation were sufficiently preserved. The Code of Justinian until the very end of the Middle Ages had a significant impact on the development of feudal relations in the countries of Western Europe. Moreover, even today it is the actual foundation for Romano-Germanic law.
