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  2. Institutes (Gaius) - Wikipedia

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    The Institutes (Latin: Institutiones; from instituere, 'to establish') [1] are a beginners' textbook [2] on Roman private law written around 161 AD by the classical Roman jurist Gaius. They are considered to be "by far the most influential elementary-systematic presentation of Roman private law in late antiquity, the Middle Ages and modern ...

  3. File:Roman law in the modern world (IA cu31924021212877).pdf

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    I. History of Roman law and its descent into English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and other modern law -- II. Manual of Roman law illustrated by Anglo-American law and the modern codes -- III. Subject-guides to the texts of Roman law, to the modern codes and legal literature Subjects: Roman law; Civil law; Law; Law

  4. Code of Justinian - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Justinian (Latin: Codex Justinianus, Justinianeus [2] or Justiniani) is one part of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the codification of Roman law ordered early in the 6th century AD by Justinian I, who was Eastern Roman emperor in Constantinople. Two other units, the Digest and the Institutes, were created during his reign.

  5. Roman law - Wikipedia

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    Roman law as preserved in the codes of Justinian and in the Basilica remained the basis of legal practice in Greece and in the courts of the Eastern Orthodox Church even after the fall of the Byzantine Empire and the conquest by the Turks, and, along with the Syro-Roman law book, also formed the basis for much of the Fetha Negest, which ...

  6. Gaius (jurist) - Wikipedia

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    The Institutes of Gaius, written about the year AD 161, was an introductory textbook of legal institutions divided into four books: [2] the first treating of persons and the differences of the status they may occupy in the eye of the law; the second of things, and the modes in which rights over them may be acquired, including the law relating to wills; the third of intestate succession and of ...

  7. Institutes (Justinian) - Wikipedia

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    The Institutes of Justinian is arranged much like Gaius's work, being divided into three subjects in four books covering "persons," "things,", and "actions." The first book considers the legal status of persons (personae), the second and third deal with things (res), while the fourth discusses Roman civil procedure (actiones).

  8. Ius privatum - Wikipedia

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    Ius privatum is Latin for private law. Contrasted with ius publicum (the laws relating to the state), ius privatum regulated the relations between individuals. In Roman law this included personal, property and civil law. Judicial proceeding was a private process (iudicium privatum). Criminal law was also considered private matters, except where ...

  9. Syro-Roman law book - Wikipedia

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    The Syro-Roman law book (or Syro-Roman code) is a compilation of secular legal texts from the eastern Roman Empire originally composed in Greek in the late 5th century, but surviving only in Syriac translation. As a work of Roman law, the original language of many of its legal texts would have been Latin.