HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Donation Of Constantine, Ancient Germanic Law, Usufruct
6 Dec 2020
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Roman law in western europe until 11th century. 4th to 8th century ad - indigenous customary germanic law. Aldermen"s courts: indigenous customary laws applied in towns and rural areas. 476 ad end of western roman empire. Gelasian principle (imperium and sacerdotum) secular power/spiritual power. - 529 ad. 6th - 11th century bastardised roman law competed with germanic tribal law. 533 ad digest (or pandectae) anthology of the writings of the great roman jurists compiled by. Opinions not contained in the digest were forbidden. Make opinions on the digest was forbidden. Justinian freezed jurisprudence and was the sole legislator. Intitutes of justinian 533ad: textbook for teaching law (gaius) 534 ad final edition of the codex justinianus. Post 534 ad novelae: new laws after the codex and digest. These four works composed the corpus iuris civilis. Eastern roman emperor was only emperor in the west de iure" (in theory, not in practice) 1453 byzantine empire gets overrun ----> ottoman empire.
