Analyze the Byzantine Empire as Eastern Roman continuation (NOT 'Greek successor') — Justinian I (r. 527-565 CE), Theodora (c. 500-548 CE), Justinian's Code (Corpus Juris Civilis 529-534 CE), and Hagia Sophia (completed 537 CE) — per Judith Herrin and Anthony Kaldellis scholarship
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Difficulty 3
~4 min
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Name the 4 parts of Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis AND name 2 modern legal systems descended from it.
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4 parts: Institutes + Digest + Codex + Novellae. Modern descendants: French civil law; German civil law; Italian civil law; Spanish civil law; Latin American civil-law systems; Quebec civil law; Louisiana civil law; Japan via Meiji-era German-law adoption (any 2 of these)
Hints
- Compiled 529-534 CE under Tribonian.
- About 60% of world's legal systems today are civil-law systems descended from Justinian.
Misconceptions to watch
- Forgetting that Justinian's Code is LIVING legacy in modern legal systems
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