Corpus Juris Civilis

collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence as codified by Justinian
Legislation code_of_law Q187719
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Summary

Corpus Juris Civilis is a code of law[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of code of law entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,287 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Tribonian[3]
  • Country: Byzantine Empire[4]
  • Instance of: compilation of laws[5], reference work[6]
  • Commissioned by: Justinian I[7]
  • Genre: treatise[8]
  • Commons category: Corpus Iuris Civilis[9]
  • Language of work or name: Latin[10]
  • Legislated by: Justinian I[11]
  • Point in time: 528[12]
  • Has edition or translation: Q135911064[13]
  • Work available at URL: http://www.histoiredudroit.fr/corpus_iuris_civilis.html[14]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Otto's encyclopedia[17], Almanach československých právníků[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[19]
  • Title: Corpus Iuris Civilis[20]
  • Form of creative work: prose[21]

Why It Matters

Corpus Juris Civilis has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 3520
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 3520, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107285721|Justinian's codification (#107285721)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/410"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0285449-Corpus-iuris-civilis
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0285449-Corpus-iuris-civilis, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 21w ago · Horcrux · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point in time → —
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    Instance of → code of law, compilation of laws, reference work
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    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Corpus iuris civilis, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779097876633"
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