[[Image:Justinian.jpg|right|thumb|Emperor [[Justinian I]].]][[Image:Tribonian bas-relief in the U.S. House of Representatives chamber.jpg|right|thumb|[[w:Tribonian|Tribonian]], senior legal authority and chief editor of the compilation of the old Roman lawyers writings.]]The '' '''Codex Justinianus''' '' ''('''Code of Justinian''')'' was the first of four parts of the ''[[w:Corpus Juris Civilis|Corpus Juris Civilis]]("Body of Civil Law"),''<ref group="note">The name ''"Corpus Juris Civilis"'' to be completed, on [[April 7]], 529 A.D. Emperor [[Justinian]] I achieved lasting influence occurs for his judicial reforms via the summation first time in 1583 as the title of a complete edition of all Roman law in the ''Justinianic code by [[w:Corpus Juris CivilisDenis Godefroy|Corpus Juris CivilisDionysius Godofredus]] . ("Body of Civil Law")Kunkel, W. ''An Introduction to Roman Legal and Constitutional History''. Oxford 1966 (translated into English by J.M. Kelly), p. 157, n.2.)</ref> a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence, that was issued from AD 529 to 534 AD by his order. The Codex Justinianus was basically a revision of the ''Theodosian Code''. Justinian's supplements to it consisted of his: * ''"Digesta"'' (or ''[[w:Pandects|PandectaeJustinian I]]''), a synopsis of passages from juristic books and law commentaries of the classical periodEastern Roman Emperor, mostly dating back to who achieved lasting influence for his judicial reforms via the second and third centuries. * ''"Institutiones"'', a modified codification summation of the celebrated all Roman jurist [[w:Gaius (jurist)|Gaius]]' legislation. And the* ''"[[w:Novellae Constitutiones|Novellae]]"'', a number of new constitutionslaw.

All four This code compiled in Latin all of these together formed Justinianthe existing imperial ''s constitutiones''Corpus (imperial pronouncements having the force of law), back to the time of Civil Law'' which deeply influenced emperor Hadrian in the second century. It used both the [[Canon Laww:Codex Theodosianus|Codex Theodosianus]] of (438 AD) and the fourth-century collections embodied in the Western Church [[w:Codex Gregorianus|Codex Gregorianus]] and [[w:Codex Hermogenianus|Codex Hermogenianus]], which provided the civil law model for division into books, that were divided into titles. These codices had developed authoritative standing.<ref>George Long. In: William Smith, ed.. ''A Dictionary of Medieval EuropeGreek and Roman Antiquities. '' (London: Murray) 1875 ([http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Codex_G_et_H.html On-line text]).</ref> The Code's underlying claim that the emperor'"Corpus Juris Civilis"'' was directed by [[w:Tribonian|Tribonian]], an official in Justinian's will court, and was supreme distributed in all things made imperial control of the Church legal and thus deeply influenced the subsequent development of the Byzantine Church. three parts, with a fourth part (Novellae) being added later:

:# ''' ''"Codex Justinianus"'' ''' (529) compiled all of the extant imperial ''constitutiones'' from the time of Hadrian. It used both the Codex Theodosianus and private collections such as the Codex Gregorianus and Codex Hermogenianus.:# ''' ''"Digesta"'' ''', or ''' ''[[w:Pandects|Pandectae]]'' ''', (533), was a compilation of passages from juristic books and law commentaries of the great Roman jurists of the classical period, mostly dating back to the second and third centuries, along with current edicts. It constituted both the current law of the time, and a turning point in Roman Law: from then on the sometimes contradictory case law of the past was subsumed into an ordered legal system. :# ''' ''"Institutiones"'' ''', or 'Elements' (533), a modified codification of the celebrated Roman jurist [[w:Gaius (jurist)|Gaius]]' legislation. The Institutes were intended as sort of legal textbook for law schools and included extracts from the two major works. It was made as the ''Digest'' neared completion, by [[w:Tribonian|Tribonian]] and two professors, Theophilus and [[w:Dorotheus (jurist)|Dorotheus]].:# ''' ''"[[w:Novellae Constitutiones|Novellae]]"'' ''', a number of new constitutions that were passed after 534, issued mostly in Greek. They were later re-worked into the ''Syntagma'', a practical lawyer's edition, by the Byzantine jurist [[w:Athanasios of Emesa|Athanasios of Emesa]] during the years 572–77. All four of these together formed Justinian's ''Corpus of Civil Law'' which deeply influenced the [[Canon Law]] of the Western Church and the civil law of Medieval Europe, especially since it was said that ''ecclesia vivit lege romana'' — the church lives under Roman law.<ref>Cf. ''[[w:Lex Ripuaria|Lex Ripuaria]]'', tit. 58, c.1: "Episcopus archidiaconum jubeat, ut ei tabulas secundum legem romanam, qua ecclesia vivit, scribere faciat". ([http://books.google.nl/books?id=7I8GAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA169&dq=%22secundum+legem+romanam+qua+ecclesia+vivit])</ref> The Code's underlying claim that the emperor's will was supreme in all things made imperial control of the Church legal and thus deeply influenced the subsequent development of the Byzantine Church.  It remains influential to this day. By way of the [[w:Napoleonic code|Napoleonic Code]] (AD 1804), the Justinian Code reached Canada in the [[w:Quebec|Province of Quebec]], and was later introduced by French immigrants to [[w:Louisiana|Louisiana ]] in the United States.<ref>Rev. Dr. Nicon D. Patrinacos (M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon)). A Dictionary of Greek Orthodoxy - Λεξικον Ελληνικης Ορθοδοξιας. Light & Life Publishing, Minnesota, 1984. pp.221.</ref>

The ''CodexJustinianus'' (Code of Justinian, Justinian's Code) was the first part to be completed, on April 7, 529. It collects the ''constitutiones'' of the Roman Emperors. The earliest statute preserved in the code was enacted by Emperor Hadrian; the latest came from Justinian himself. The compilers of the code were able to draw on earlier works such as the official ''Codex Theodosianus'' and private collections like the ''Codex Gregor''ianus and the ''Codex Hermogenianus''. 

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* Rev. Dr. Nicon D. Patrinacos (M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon)). ''A Dictionary of Greek Orthodoxy - Λεξικον Ελληνικης Ορθοδοξιας. '' Light & Life Publishing, Minnesota, 1984. pp.221.* Internet Medieval Sourcebook. ''[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook-law.html#ROMAN%20LAW Medieval Legal History: ROMAN LAW].'' (''Paul Halsall, ORB sources editor'').* ''[[w:Corpus Juris Civilis|Corpus Juris Civilis]] '' at Wikipedia. ==External Links=='''Wikipedia'''* [[w:Byzantine law|Byzantine law]]* [[w:Roman law|Roman law]]* [[w:Littera Florentina|Littera Florentina]] (''parchment codex of 907 leaves, being the closest survivor to an official version of the Pandects, the Digest of Roman law promulgated by Justinian I in 530–533.'')