What is Justinian's Code?

What is Justinian's Code?

• A. The Twelve Tables
• B. A collection of Roman laws compiled under Justinian
• C. The Napoleonic Code
• D. The Code of Hammurabi

Answer: (B)

Justinian’s Code refers to the effort by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century to collect, organize, and refine Roman law into a single, accessible compilation. This project produced the Corpus Juris Civilis, also known as the Body of Civil Law, which includes the Codex Justinianus, the Digest (Pandects), the Institutes, and the Novellae. It preserved and streamlined centuries of Roman jurisprudence and became the foundation for much of the later European civil-law tradition. It’s distinct from earlier codes like the Twelve Tables, and from later national codes such as the Napoleonic Code, as well as from Hammurabi’s Code.

Justinian’s Code refers to the effort by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century to collect, organize, and refine Roman law into a single, accessible compilation. This project produced the Corpus Juris Civilis, also known as the Body of Civil Law, which includes the Codex Justinianus, the Digest (Pandects), the Institutes, and the Novellae. It preserved and streamlined centuries of Roman jurisprudence and became the foundation for much of the later European civil-law tradition. It’s distinct from earlier codes like the Twelve Tables, and from later national codes such as the Napoleonic Code, as well as from Hammurabi’s Code.