Ero sivun ”Digesta” versioiden välillä

 

[[Image:Digesto 02.jpg|thumb|220px|''Digestorum, seu Pandectarum libri quinquaginta. Lugduni apud Gulielmu[m] Rouillium'', 1581. Biblioteca Comunale "Renato Fucini" di Empoli]]

 

The Digest was part of the ''[[Corpus Juris Civilis]]'', the body of civil law issued under [[Justinian I]]. The other two parts were ''[[Institutes of Justinian]]'', and the ''[[Codex Justinianus]]''. A fourth part, the Novels (or ''[[Novellae Constitutiones]]''), was added later.

 

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The original ''Codex Justinianus'' was promulgated in April of 529 by the C. "Summa". This made it the only source of imperial law, and repealed all earlier codifications.<ref>For an English translation, see [[Fred H. Blume]], ''[http://www.uwyo.edu/lawlib/blume-justinian/_files/docs/code-revisions/book1rev-copy/book%201-concerningcode.pdf C. Summa]'' in "The Annotated Justinian Code".</ref> However, it permitted reference to ancient jurists whose writings had been regarded as authoritative.<ref>Tony Honoré, 'Justinian's Codification' in ''The Oxford Classical Dictionary'' 803-804. (Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth eds. 3rd rev. ed 2003).</ref> Under Theodosus II's [[Law of Citations]], the writings of [[Papinian]], [[Paul (jurist)|Paul]]us, [[Ulpian]], Modestinus, and [[Gaius (jurist)|Gaius]] were made the primary juristic authorities who could be cited in court. Others cited by them also could be referred to, but their views had to be "informed by a comparison of manuscripts."<ref>H.F. Jolowicz & Barry Nicholas, ''Historical Introduction to the Study of Roman Law'' 452 (3rd ed. 1972)</ref>