| IUSTINIANI INSTITUTIONES |
| Recognovit Paulus Krueger |
| ( Corpus Iuris Civilis, vol. I ) |
| As
the Digest neared completion, Tribonian and two professors, Theophilus
and Dorotheus, made a students' textbook, called the Institutiones or
« Elements ». As there were four elements, the
manual consisted of four books. The Institutiones are largely based
on the Institutiones of Gaius. Two thirds of the Institutiones of Justinian
consist of literal quotes from Gaius. The new Institutiones were used
as a manual for would-be jurists since 21 November 533 and were given
the authority of law on 30 December 533 along with the Digest. |
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