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ROMAN LAW AND THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - Coggle Diagram
ROMAN LAW AND THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
Constitutio Antoniana
extension of citenzhip to all the empire's free inhabitants
3rd Century
desire of simplification and certainty of law
Vulgar Law
simplified Roman Law
consequences of the diffusion of germanic laws
distinction between possession and ownership
most evident example of vulgarization
the title of ownership became unimportant because the factual possession of a certain thing prevailed
Codex(Theodosianus)
it contained a collection of imperial consitutions, it focused on the status of persons and neglect of contract; it recognized custom as a source of law
Christianity
official religion of the State
transfer of the
administrative capital of the empire away from Rome
CORPUS IURIS
consolidations of Emperir Justinian
most important legacy of Roman law
Digest/pandects: excerptes from the work of Jurists
Codex: imperial constitutions and rescripts