Justinian code :)
They were traditional sensible Roman laws with a Christian overlay which imposed the strictness of a monotheistic religion which was based on enforcing its doctrines.
It states many things about the laws and codes of the Roman times and the Byzantine Empire. It helped the people renew their beliefs in the Roman law. It also helped the people obey the law of the Byzantine Empire.
Well considering that he was the Byzantine emperor (the eastern Roman Empire was called the Byzantine Empire and did not fall when the western one did), I'd say many. He actually was more like Roman emperors then his Byzantine predecessors and attempted to restore the old borders of the empire.
Justinian I, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, is known for the Roman code of laws called the Justinian Code or Corpus Juris Civilis. It was a collection of laws that formed the basis of Roman law and served as a major influence on legal systems in Europe.
One aspect of the "old Roman Empire" that was carried on to the new eastern Roman empire, which became the Byzantine Empire was the standard of written laws. This was an important feature of the old Roman republic and later when the republic was a shell of its former self. Generally referred to as the Roman Empire, there were still written laws.The governing office of Emperor also was carried on.
it preserved Roman laws and influenced legal systems of the Middle Ages.
They were traditional sensible Roman laws with a Christian overlay which imposed the strictness of a monotheistic religion which was based on enforcing its doctrines.
It states many things about the laws and codes of the Roman times and the Byzantine Empire. It helped the people renew their beliefs in the Roman law. It also helped the people obey the law of the Byzantine Empire.
Well considering that he was the Byzantine emperor (the eastern Roman Empire was called the Byzantine Empire and did not fall when the western one did), I'd say many. He actually was more like Roman emperors then his Byzantine predecessors and attempted to restore the old borders of the empire.
Both empires shared similar laws and traditions.
Justinian I, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, is known for the Roman code of laws called the Justinian Code or Corpus Juris Civilis. It was a collection of laws that formed the basis of Roman law and served as a major influence on legal systems in Europe.
One aspect of the "old Roman Empire" that was carried on to the new eastern Roman empire, which became the Byzantine Empire was the standard of written laws. This was an important feature of the old Roman republic and later when the republic was a shell of its former self. Generally referred to as the Roman Empire, there were still written laws.The governing office of Emperor also was carried on.
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Theodora established laws raising the status in women in Byzantine law
JustinianFlavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus AD 483 - 565 known as Justinian I or the Great Emperor of the East Roman Empire or the Byzantine Empire coded the applicable laws of his times in order to facilitate the distribution of justice under the title Corpus Iuris Civilis "Body of Civil Law" between 529 and 534 AD.
Justinian code
The Byzantine Empire was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the middle Ages. The laws that influenced the modern legal codes dates further back to the Babylonian empire and that is the Hammurabi code of law.