✖ Via Wikipedia: “Digest (Roman Law)”
“The Digest, also known as the Pandects (Lat. Digesta seu Pandectae, adapted from Gr. πανδέκτης pandektes, “all-containing”), is a name given to a compendium or digest of Roman law compiled by order of the emperor Justinian I in the 6th century (A.D. 530-533). The Digest was one part of the Corpus Juris Civilis, the body of civil law issued under Justinian I. The other two parts were Institutiones, and the Codex Constitutionum. A fourth part, the Novels (or “Novellae Constitutiones”), was added later.” (more)
Browse the English translation by Alan Watson on Google Books. More about this translation on the editor’s website. Download the volume one in another translation by Charles Henrey Monro. A partial French translation is also available online. And of course, the whole text is available in Latin.
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