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A good explanation of Justinian's Code

Code of Justinian , Latin Codex Justinianus, formally Corpus Juris Civilis ("Body of Civil Law"), the collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I from ad 529 to 565. Strictly speaking, the works did not constitute a new legal code.

A good starting source for learning the Justinian Code

Justinian Code: Ancient Rome/Byzantine Empire Background on Justinian's Code (Byzantine Empire, 534 CE). Hand-out focuses on composition of the Code, including interlinked areas of civil law, law of nations, and natural law. Excerpts fromMedieval Legal History Sourcebook. [View as: Word document or PDF] What is the Justinian Code?

This site gives a breakdown of what this code of laws were for the Byzantine Empire.

SUPER SITE for everything about the Justinian Code. Best i've seen.

Really good source of information on the code.

This site contains both the Code of Hammurabi and commentary on it.

This a comparative essay analyzing the Justinian Code, the Mosaic Law, and the Hammurabi Code.

From scrolls to the codex, this writing format was and is written for important causes (i.e. Justinian's Code).The Codex is brought to you by JAMESTORY CHANNEL's documentary episode productions....enjoy!

Lesson's on Hammurabi's Code

This website paraphrases Hammurabi's Code.

This is an interesting overview of the code pointing out the history behind it and listing some of the more interesting laws in it.

"Hammurabi, the king of righteousness, on whom Shamash has conferred the law, am I." "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." This phrase, along with the idea of written laws, goes back to ancient Mesopotamian culture that prospered long before the Bible was written or the civilizations of the Greeks or Romans flowered.

Hammurabi's Code is 44 columns of text, 28 paragraphs of which contain the actual code. There are 282 laws (possibly more have been rubbed off) that probably amend common Babylonian law rather than define it. It describes regulations for legal procedure, fixes rates on services performed in most branches of commerce and describes property rights, personal injury, and penalties for false testimony and accusations.

Summary of Justinian's Code from Middle Ages for Kids

the Justinian Code simplified. Just follow the links!

This site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device. Really Interesting has annotated versions of the actual code in english

This is an annotated version of the Justinian Code

This site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device.

Interactive site detailing Hammurabi's Code and the effect that it played on the Babylonian civilization

This is an informative video that explains Hammurabi and his code, and explains the importance of the laws that he put in place, and his code's effect on life today.

A short video connecting the laws that Hammurabi set forth to those that are in place today. Hammurabi is credited with establishing codified law, something that has been improved upon since that time.

This video shows how the Hammurabi Code has affected the laws that we have today. It was very interesting to see how much it has helped our own laws.

by Phillip Shim

Hammurabi's code even a child can understand.

A brief video explaining the Justinian Code

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