Code of Justinian
The code of Justinian Latin: Codex Justinianus, or is one component of a Corpus Juris Civilis, the codification of Roman law ordered early in the 6th century ad by Justinian I, who was an Eastern Roman Byzantine emperor in Constantinople. Two other units, the Digest as well as the Institutes, were created during his reign. The fourth part, the Novellae Constitutiones New Constitutions, or Novels, was compiled unofficially after his death but is now also thought of as factor of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
Creation
Shortly after Justinian became emperor in 527, he decided the empire's legal system needed repair. There existed three codices of imperial laws as well as other individual laws, many of which conflicted or were out of date. The Codex Gregorianus and the Codex Hermogenianus were unofficial compilations. The term "Codex" forwarded to the physical aspect of the works, being in book form, rather than on papyrus rolls. The transition to the codex occurred around advertising 300. The Codex Theodosianus was an official compilation ordered by Theodosius II. In February 528, Justinian promulgated the Constitutio Hac quae necessario, by which was created a ten-man commission to review these earlier compilations as well as individual laws, eliminate everything unnecessary or obsolete, hit changes as it saw fit, and make a single compilation of imperial laws in force. The commission was headed by the praetorian prefect, John the Cappadocian and also referred Tribonian, who was later to head the other Corpus Juris Civilis projects.
The commission finished its work in 14 months, and the compilation was promulgated in April 529 by the Constitutio Summa. However, this compilation did not eliminate all the conflicts that had arisen over the years in Roman jurisprudence, and the constitutions in the code were to be used alongside the conflicting opinions of ancient jurists. "The citation of the said constitutions of Our Code, with the opinions of the ancient interpreters of the law, will suffice for the disposal of all cases." Justinian attempted to harmonize these conflicting opinions by issuing his "Fifty Decisions" and by passing extra new laws. This meant that his Code no longer reflected the latest imperial law. Thus, Justinian ordered a new compilation to supersede the first, and this Codex was published in 534. No copies of the first edition of the Code have survived; only a fragment of an index of contents on an Egyptian papyrus remains. call as the Codex Repetitae Praelectionis, thisedition of the Code was published on November 16, 534, and took issue on December 30. The Codex consists of twelve books: book 1 concerns ecclesiastical law, sources of law, and the duties of higher offices; books 2–8 conduct private law; book 9 deals with crimes; and books 10–12 contain administrative law. The Code's profile is based on ancient classifications manner out in the edictum perpetuum perpetual edict, as is that of the Digest.