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The Digest of Justinian, Volume 3 Revised English-Language Edition Edited by Alan Watson "A major achievement, and an event of the first importance."--Journal of Legal History "Definitive."--The Retainer "A landmark."--Religious Studies Review "Superb."--Texas Bar Journal When Justinian became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire in A.D. 527, he ordered the preparation of three compilations of Roman law that together formed the Corpus Juris Civilis. These works have become known individually as the Code, which collected the legal pronouncements of the Roman emperors, the Institutes, an elementary student's textbook, and the Digest, by far the largest and most highly prized of the three compilations. The Digest was assembled by a team of sixteen academic lawyers commissioned by Justinian in 533 to cull everything of value from earlier Roman law. It was for centuries the focal point of legal education in the West and remains today an unprecedented collection of the commentaries of Roman jurists on the civil law. Commissioned by the Commonwealth Fund in 1978, Alan Watson assembled a team of thirty specialists to produce this magisterial translation, which was first completed and published in 1985 with Theodor Mommsen's Latin text of 1878 on facing pages. This paperback edition presents a corrected English-language text alone, with an introduction by Alan Watson. Links to the three other volumes in the set:

  • Volume 1 [Books 1-15]
  • Volume 2 [Books 16-29]
  • Volume 4 [Books 41-50]
Alan Watson, Earnest P. Rogers Professor of Law at the University of Georgia, is the author of many books in legal history, including Rome of the Twelve Tables; Roman Slave Law; and Sources of Law, Legal Change, and Ambiguity, the last published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. May 2008 768 pages 7 x 10 ISBN 978-0-8122-2035-3 Paper $34.95s 23.00 World Rights Law, Classics, History Short copy: The most famous and influential collection of legal materials in world history, now available in a four-volume English-language paperback edition.

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  • Title The Digest of Justinian, Volume 3
  • Author Alan Watson (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised
  • Pages 768
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Date 2009-04-09
  • ISBN 9780812220353 / 0812220358
  • Weight 2.3 lbs (1.04 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.9 x 7 x 1.2 in (25.15 x 17.78 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Dewey Decimal Code 340.54

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Alan Watson, Earnest P. Rogers Professor of Law at the University of Georgia, is the author of many books in legal history, including Rome of the Twelve Tables; Roman Slave Law; and Sources of Law, Legal Change, and Ambiguity, the last published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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