Justinian code
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There is something truly Oriental in all this, and very little in accordance with the principles of the Justinian code: the promise of Belisarius is considered of more value than the laws of the empire.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various
At this Italian city, in the middle of the twelfth century, a celebrated teacher named Irnerius gathered about him thousands of pupils for the study of the Justinian code.
From Early European History by Hutton Webster
Irnerius followed him five-and-twenty years later and introduced the Justinian code.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
The legal system is said to be based on the Justinian code.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
These excepted, the Justinian code, with some necessary modifications, prevailed.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
