History Of Law -Justinian Code

                                                                 

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Roman Civil Law The Code was divided into several volumes, including: Codex Justinianus, Digest, Institutes, and Novels. Justinian considered the code to be comprehensive and unified, and forbade further development of legal precedent through judicial rulings or scholarly commentary. Justinian's approach precluded judicial expansion of civil rights, curtailed a check against executive power, and permitted differential treatment of similarly-situated defendants by discouraging judicial reference to precedent. 529 . was the result of Emperor Justinian's desire that existing Roman law be collected into a simple and clear system of laws, or "code This code was later expanded to include Justinian's own laws, as well as two additional books on areas of the law. Should you need legal advice and you are in queensland contact our lawyers on 0756463749