Article: The Corpus Iuris Civilis in the Middle Ages; manuscripts and transmission from the sixth century to the juristic revival.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Dictionary definition: Corpus Iuris Canonici
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church;      369 words ...Corpus Iuris Canonici. The chief collection of canon law in the W. Church before the promulgation of the Codex Iuris Canonici in 1917. It ...

Article: The Common Legal Past of Europe, 1000-1800.
Theological Studies;  September 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... created and the medieval doctors perfected. The source books, for teachers and students alike, were the Corpus iuris civilis and the Corpus iuris canonici: the two together (with appropriate commentaries) represented the legal learning and wisdom ...

Article: Voorda, Jacobus, Dictata ad ius Hodiernum/Lectures on the ...
Parergon;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the Roman law (c. 533-35 AD), the so-called Corpus iuris civilis, comprising four main texts: the Digest, containing ... particular, they sought to determine which aspects of the Corpus iuris still applied and which had been abrogated by local ...

Article: Torture
Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World;      700+ words ... ... general, from the materials of Emperor Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis (Corpus of Civil Law; also spelled Corpus Iuris Civilis), which had originated in the sixth century. In canon law, ordeals were expressly prohibited at the Fourth ...

Dictionary definition: Justinian, Code of
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church;      313 words ... ... x2018;Digest’ and ‘Institutes of Justinian’; together they constituted the Corpus Iuris Civilis , which became the authoritative statement of Roman law, gradually accepted throughout W. Europe. The Code strongly ...

Dictionary definition: Ulpian
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations;      272 words ... ... fiat. No injustice is done to someone who wants that thing done. usually quoted as " Volenti non fit iniuria " Corpus Iuris Civilis Digests bk. 47, ch. 10, sect. 1, subsect. 5 (usually quoted " Volenti non fit iniuria ")

Article: On trial in Athens.
Calliope;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RATHER LEAVE THE CRIME OF THE GUILTY UNPUNISHED THAN CONDEMN THE INNOCENT. --from the Corpus iuris civilis (Latin for "body of civil law") Laws for all [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] According to tradition, the first Athenian ...