The Codex of Justinian : a new annotated translation, with parallel Latin and Greek text based on a translation by Justice Fred H. Blume / Bruce W. Frier, General Editor ; Editors: Serena Connolly, Simon Corcoran, Michael Crawford, John Noël Dillon, Dennis P. Kehoe, Noel Lenski, Thomas A. J. McGinn, Charles F. Pazdernik, Benet Salway; with contributions by Timothy Kearley.
Includes bibliographical references (pages clxv-clxxxi).
Contents:
Vol. 1. Introductory matter and Books I-III -- Vol. 2. Books IV-VII -- Vol. 3. Books VIII-XII. Volume 3. Chronological list of the constitutions in Justinian's Codex. List of titles in the Ccodex of Jjustinian -- Justice Fred H. Blume and the translation of Justinian's Codex / edited by Charles F. Pazdernik -- Revising Justice Blume's translation of Justinian's Codex and note on the dating of constitutions / Bruce W. Frier and Noel Lenski -- The Codex of Justinian : the life of a text through 1500 years / Simon Corcoran -- Codex of Justinian: Text and Translation: The introductory constitutions / edited by John Noë̈l Dillon and Bruce W. Frier -- First book / edited by John Noë̈l Dillon -- Second book / edited by Bruce W. Frier -- Third book / edited by Serena Connolly. Volume 2. -- Fourth book / edited by Dennis P. Kehoe -- Fifth book / edited by Thomas A. J. McGinn -- Sixth book / edited by Simon Corcoran, Michael Crawford, and Benet Salway; and by Bruce W. Frier, Dennis P. Kehoe, and Thomas A.J. McGinn -- Seventh book / edited by Noel Lenski. Volume 3. Eighth book / edited by Bruce W. Frier -- Ninth book / edited by Thomas A. J. McGinn -- Tenth book / edited by Dennis P. Kehoe -- Eleventh book / edited by Dennis P. Kehoe -- Twelfth book / edited by Charles F. Pazdernik -- Glossary of Roman law terms -- Chronological list of the constitutions in Justinian's Codex.
Summary:
"The Codex of Justinian is, together with the Digest, the core of the great Byzantine compilation of Roman law called the Corpus Iuris Civilis. The Codex gathers legal proclamations issued by Roman Emperors from the second to the sixth centuries C.E. Its influence on subsequent legal development in the medieval and early modern world has been almost incalculable. But the Codex has not, until now, been credibly translated into English. This translation, with a facing Latin and Greek text (from Paul Kruger's ninth edition of the Codex), is based on one made by Justice Fred Blume in the 1920s, but left unpublished for almost a century. It is accompanied by introductions explaining the background of the translation, a bibliography and glossary, and notes that help in understanding the text. Anyone with an interest in the Codex, whether an interested novice or a professional historian, will find ample assistance here"-- Provided by publisher.
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