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  2. Corpus Juris Civilis - Wikipedia

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    The work as planned had three parts: the Code (Codex) is a compilation, by selection and extraction, of imperial enactments to date; the Digest or Pandects (the Latin title contains both Digesta and Pandectae) is an encyclopedia composed of mostly brief extracts from the writings of Roman jurists; and the Institutes (Institutiones) is a student ...

  3. Institutes (Justinian) - Wikipedia

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    Justinian's Institutes was one part of his effort to codify Roman law and to reform legal education, of which the Digest also was a part. [2] Whereas the Digest was to be used by advanced law students, Justinian's Institutes was to be a textbook for new students. [3]

  4. Digest (Roman law) - Wikipedia

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    Digestorum, seu Pandectarum libri quinquaginta. Lugduni apud Gulielmu[m] Rouillium, 1581.Biblioteca Comunale "Renato Fucini" di Empoli. The Digest (Latin: Digesta), also known as the Pandects (Pandectae; Ancient Greek: Πανδέκται, Pandéktai, "All-Containing"), was a compendium or digest of juristic writings on Roman law compiled by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 530 ...

  5. Code of Justinian - Wikipedia

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    The Codex Gregorianus and the Codex Hermogenianus were unofficial compilations. (The term "Codex" refers to the physical aspect of the works, being in book form, rather than on papyrus rolls. The transition to the codex occurred around AD 300.) [4] The Codex Theodosianus was an official compilation ordered by Theodosius II. [4]

  6. Novellae Constitutiones - Wikipedia

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    The other three pieces are: the Codex Justinianus, the Digest, and the Institutes. Justinian's quaestor Tribonian was primarily responsible for compiling these last three. Together, the four parts are known as the Corpus Juris Civilis. Whereas the Code, Digest, and Institutes were designed by Justinian as coherent works, the Novels are diverse ...

  7. Byzantine law - Wikipedia

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    These ideas were transmitted to the Middle Ages in the great codification of Roman law carried throughout by the emperor Justinian. The Corpus Iuris Civilis was issued in Latin in three parts: the Institutes, the Digest (Pandects), and the Code (Codex). It was the last major legal document written in Latin.

  8. Littera Florentina - Wikipedia

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    The parchment codex called Littera Florentina is the closest surviving version of the official Digest of Roman law promulgated by Justinian I in 530–533. The codex, consisting of 907 leaves, is written in the Byzantine-Ravenna uncials characteristic of Constantinople , but which has recently been recognized in legal and literary texts ...

  9. Achievement gaps in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The report found that a combination of home, community, and in-school factors affect academic performance and contribute to the achievement gap. According to American educational psychologist David Berliner , home and community environments have a stronger impact on school achievement than in-school factors, in part because students spend more ...