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.
| ISBN: | 9781108071277 |
| Publication date: | 17th April 2014 |
| Author: | Rudolf Schoell |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 838 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Library Collection - Classics |
| Genres: |
Ancient history |