How did the Justinian Code transform the Byzantine Empire?

Answer 1

The impact of the Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law), which later was also called Justinian Code, on Law and Order in the time of Justinian I or in the Byzantine Empire is not known because ancient historians did notwrittenabout it. This work is famous for the impact it had in Western Europe when it was rediscovered in a library in Pisa in 1070. It quicklybecamevery popular, was studied in European universities and influenced the development of law in western Europe. Thecivillaw of many moderncountriesis based on this work.

Answer 2

The importance of the Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law) also nicknamed the Justinian code,to the Romans is not known. There is not any ancient writing about its importance of effect back then. It became very important to Europeans after a copy was rediscovered in a library in Pisa in 1070. In became the basis for law degrees in many universities. It also led to Roman law providing the foundation for the civil laws of many modern countries.

The Corpus Juris Civilis was published in 529 and 534 (i n a second edition) and that four parts:

1) The Codex (book) which was a review of imperial laws going back 400 years (to the time of Hadrian). It scrapped obsolete or unnecessary laws, made changes when necessary and clarified obscure passages. Its aim was to put the laws in a single book (previously they were written on many different scrolls), harmonise conflicting views among jurists which arose from centuries of poorly organised development of Roman law and have a coherent body of law. It consists of 12 books, 1 book covers ecclesiastical law, the duties of high officers and sources of law, 7 cover private law, 1 criminal law and 3 administrative laws.

2) The Digesta which was a collection of fragments taken from essays on laws written by jurists (mostly from the 2nd and 3rd centuries) and which expressed the private opinions of legal experts. Most were from Ulpian (40%) and Paulus (17%). It was a large amount of writing which was condensed in 50 books. It was used as an advanced law student textbook.

3) The Institutiones was a textbook for first year law students written by two professors. It was a series of extracts from statements on the basic institutions of Roman law from the teaching books by 'writers of authority.' In was largely based on the texts of Gaius, a jurist of the 2nd century AD.

4) The Novellae Constitutiones, which contained laws recently issued by Justinian.

Answer 3

justinians code changed the byzantine empire by making laws for order and stability

Answer 4

It composed 4,652 laws into 1,600 laws.

Answer 5

yes