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22 matches to Corpus Juris Civilis
Corpus Juris Civilis. Developed 529-35. Roman legal code. Influenced European legal systems.
Justinian. 483-565. Eastern Roman Emperor, conquered Africa and Italy. Codified Roman law 529. Closed all non-Christian schools, beginning Dark Ages. Nika Riot. Corpus Juris Civilis. Hagia Sophia. Digest 553. Ulpian.
Tribonian. -545 Byzantine. Compiled Corpus Juris Civilis law code 529.
Habeas Corpus Act. 1679. England. Right of prisoner to appear in court before being imprisoned.
Kodály. 1882-1967. Hungarian composer and collector of folk melodies. Corpus Musicae 1951.
Leeuwenhoek, Antony van. 1632-1723. Dutch. First to describe bacteria 1680, protozoa, corpuscles, spermatazoa 1675.
Magna Carta. 1215. British charter of rights, confirming ancient liberties, forced on King John at Runnymede. Habeas Corpus.
Althusius, Johannes. 1557-1638. German jurist. “Father of Federalism”.
Bentham, Jeremy. 1748-1832. English Utilitarian philosopher, jurist. Principles of Morals and Legislation 1789. Fragment on Government 1776.“Greatest happiness for the greatest number”.
Blackstone, William. 1723-80. English common law scholar/jurist. Commentaries 1765-9.
Canon Law. Governs church and clergy. Codex Juris Canonici 1917. Vatican Councils.
Coke, Edward. 1552-1634. English jurist. Defended Common Law. Prosecuted Raleigh.
Fermat, Pierre de. 1601-65. French mathematician/jurist. Modern Number Theory. Last Theorem 1631: There does not exist xn+yn=zn for n>2; x,y,z ε N. Proved by Wiles 1995.
Gaius. 2C. Roman jurist. Institutes 161.
Gentili, Alberico. 1552-1608. Italian jurist. International laws on the conduct of war.
Grotius, Hugo. 1583-1645. Dutch jurist. Laws of War and Peace 1625.
Hand, Learned. 1872-1961. US jurist. Alcoa Antitrust case. Monopoly unlawful. No duty not to minimize one’s taxes 1947.
Patriarch. Christian bishops with jurisdiction over other bishops. 325 Rome. 692 Antioch. Alexandria, Constantinople, Jerusalem. 1598 Moscow.
Pufendorf, Samuel von. 1632-94. German historian/jurist. Universal natural laws.
Savigny, Friedrich von. 1779-1861. German jurist, historian of Roman and medieval law. Modern system of civil law.
Scribe. c5C-200BC. Jewish scholar, teacher. 200BC- jurist/doctor of law.
Stokes, Whitley. 1830-1909. Irish jurist, revised laws in India.