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* ''"Digesta"'' (or ''[[w:Pandects|Pandectae]]''), a synopsis of passages from juristic books and law commentaries of the classical period, mostly dating back to the second and third centuries.
* ''"Institutiones"'', a modified codification of the celebrated Roman jurist [[w:Gaius (jurist)|Gaius]]' legislation. And the
* ''"[[w:NovellaeConstitutiones|Novellae]]"'', a number of new constitutions.
All four of these together formed Justinian's ''Corpus of Civil Law'' which deeply influenced the [[Canon Law]] of the Western Church and the civil law of Medieval Europe. The Code's underlying claim that the emperor's will was supreme in all things made imperial control of the Church legal and thus deeply influenced the subsequent development of the Byzantine Church.
===Laws against Judaism===
The principle of "Servitude of the Jews" (Servitus Judaeorum) was established by the new laws, and determined the status of Jews throughout the Empire for hundreds of years. The Jews were disadvantaged in a number of ways. They could not testify against Christians and were disqualified from holding a public office. Jewish civil and religious rights were restricted: "they shall enjoy no honors". The use of the Hebrew language in worship was forbidden. ''[[w:Shema Yisrael|Shema Yisrael]]'', sometimes considered the most important prayer in [[Judaism]] ("Hear, O Israel, [[Tetragrammaton|YHWH]] our God, [[Tetragrammaton|YHWH]] is one") was banned, as a denial of the Trinity. A Jew who converted to Christianity was entitled to inherit his or her father's estate, to the exclusion of the still-Jewish brothers and sisters. The Emperor became an arbiter in internal Jewish affairs. Similar laws applied to the Samaritans.
==''Corpus Juris Civilis'' Texts==
'''Complete Three Volume Set in Latin'''
* [[w:Theodor Mommsen|Theodorus Mommsen]], Rudolf Schoell, [[w:Wilhelm Kroll|Wilhelm Kroll]], & [[w:Paul Kruger|Paulus Krueger]] (eds.). '''Corpus Juris civilis, Editio Stereotypa Altera: Institutiones, Digesta, Codex Justinianus, Novellae & Opus Schoelli Morte Interceptum.''' (Three-Volume Set). Weidmann, 1895. ISBN B001NQ032U
:: ''[http://www.archive.org/details/corpusiuriscivi00schogoog Corpus iuris civilis'' V.1]. - Institutiones; Digesta (1889)
:: ''[http://www.archive.org/details/corpusiuriscivil02krueuoft Corpus iuris civilis'' V.2]. - Codex Justinianus (1892)
:: ''[http://www.archive.org/details/corpusiuriscivil03krueuoft Corpus iuris civilis'' V.3]. - Novellae (1895)
:''Corpus Iuris Civilis (1877-1895). This is the version that Supreme Court Justice [[w:Fred H. Blume|Fred H. Blume]] (+1971) employed in creating his translations of the Code and Novels. It has gone through several editions and reprintings, the most recent being 1993-2000. This version is accepted by scholars as the standard edition.''
'''In English'''
* [http://www.amazon.com/Digest-Justinian-1-Alan-Watson/dp/0812220331/ref=pd_sim_b_3 The Digest of Justinian, Volume 1] [Paperback]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Digest-Justinian-2-Alan-Watson/dp/081222034X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c The Digest of Justinian, Volume 2] [Paperback]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Digest-Justinian-3-Alan-Watson/dp/0812220358/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b The Digest of Justinian, Volume 3] [Paperback]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Digest-Justinian-4-Alan-Watson/dp/0812220366/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_c The Digest of Justinian, Volume 4] [Paperback]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Justinians-Institutes-Justinian/dp/0801494001/ref=pd_sim_b_4 Justinian's Institutes] [Paperback]
==See also==