Justinian's Code: The Twelve Tables Of Rome

Justinian's code is the body of Roman law that was codified under Justinian.

Justinian's code is a set of laws, that Justinian himself created. Justinian’s code was created in 529 AD. The code was created in the Byzantine Empire. Justinian's code was written in greek. He wanted to create his law because he believed that the old roman laws were unorganized, wanted the roman people to understand it better and wanted life to be easier in Rome.

The source and basis of Justinian's code was Roman law. The Roman law consists of the twelve tables that Justinian reorganized in his code. The Twelve Tables of Roman society were said by the Romans to have a result of the long struggle between patricians and plebeians.Twelve Tables were a way to display rights that each citizen had in the public and private sphere. They were shown as what the Roman society would say, as the unwritten laws.

He can add, remove, and change the laws. The laws consists of 4 main parts, which are codex Constitutionum, Digesta, Institutiones, Novellae Constitutiones Post Codicem. The Codex Constitutionum was created a little after Justinian's accession in 527. The Digesta was discovered around 530-533 by 16 lawyers, over the rule of the jurist Tribonian. The Institutiones, was published in 533 under Tribonian rule. It was used as elementary textbook, or outline of legal institutions for the use of first-year law students. The Novellae Constitutiones Post Codicem we’re collections of new ordinances by Justinian himself between 534 and 565, after the publication of the revised