HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Laws (Dialogue), Dominate, Salic Law

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The work was completed by the following year. In 533, justinian had an introductory text of roman law drawn up for teaching. Justinian"s purpose was to inject order into the mass of roman jurisprudence, but he. The commission had been given the power to select from the existing laws, to resolve discrepancies and even to change laws. The codex justinianus, also known as codex vetus or old code, was promulgated in. 529 and was to be replaced in 534. Justinian also had the literature of the classical jurists codified. In 530, he instructed tribonian to draw up an anthology from the entire legacy of the roman jurists. Tribonian was allowed to appoint a commission himself. It was to make selections, resolve discrepancies and to amend texts. The emperor ordered that the name of the jurists and the work from which it had been drawn to be placed above each excerpt. The work was the digesta and the order of the.