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What?. The Justinian Code is a collection of Roman laws over 1000 years It can also be referred to as The Corpus Juris Civilis, The Body of Civil Law . When?. The Justinian Code was published during the reign of Emperor Justinian I (A.D. 483–565)

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  1. What? • The Justinian Code is a collection of Roman laws over 1000 years • It can also be referred to as The Corpus Juris Civilis, The Body of Civil Law

  2. When? • The Justinian Code was published during the reign of Emperor Justinian I (A.D. 483–565) • In February 528, Justinian appointed a commission, consisting of ten people, to make a new collection of imperial constitutions. The result was to combine Roman Law into one code, known as the Justinian Code • The Code was in affect from 528 – 534

  3. Where? • Originated in Rome • Became the foundation of law in most western European Countries.

  4. Main Features of the Legal System • The Justinian code is made up of 4 parts: • The Institutes: a textbook in law for students and lawyers. • The Digest: a casebook keeping track of cases and important decisions. • The Codex: a collection of statues and principles • The Novels: a book containing new proposed laws.

  5. ….. • It was forbidden to refer to any other sources. • The texts were in Latin, the official Language of the government Empire. • The Justinian Code did not live on. • But was used in Middle Ages as a private law • This revived Roman Law, is the foundation of law in all civil law jurisdictions.

  6. Cool or Not Cool

  7. People in an ascendant-descendant relationship---father-daughter; aunt-nephew, etc. may not marry. Brothers and sisters may not marry, but first cousins could.

  8. A Christian cannot marry a Jew.

  9. A widow may not remarry less than a year after her husband’s death.  Severe financial penalties followed violation of this rule.

  10. A girl who was less than 12 years old when she married is not really a lawful wife until she reaches that age although she can continue to live with her “husband” until then.

  11. In the law of persons, then, the first division is into free men and slaves.

  12. Slaves are either born so, their mothers being slaves themselves, or they become so (should you be born a slave?)

  13. Impact on the Canadian Legal System/Importance • Made the law simple and organized so that all people could have an understanding of it • The Justinian Code became the basis of law for a lot of countries throughout most western European countries • Very successful at combining three types of law in order to form private law • Without it, law making and law enforcement wouldn’t be as advanced as it is today

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