The great codification of Roman law ordered by the emperor Justinian. It preserved and systematised centuries of legal thought and became the basis of the civil-law tradition across Europe.
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The great codification of Roman law ordered by the emperor Justinian. It preserved and systematised centuries of legal thought and became the basis of the civil-law tradition across Europe.