The Corpus Juris Civilis, otherwise known as the Body of Civil Law is the modern name for a collection of works in jurisprudence, issued from 529 to 535, by order of Justinian I, Eastern Roman Emperor. ... All three parts, including the textbook were given the force of the law. They were intended to be used together as a sole source of the law. However, Justinian found himself having to enact further laws and today these are counted as the fourth part of the Corpus, the Novels or Novellae Constitutiones. ... This was a key turning point in the decline of the Empire and of Christianity in th...

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