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Roman law: Where to look for specific sources: Barbarian Codes, Basilica, Codex

Subjects: Classics and Ancient History, History - Legal History, Law, Law: Legal History, Law: Roman Law

Barbarian codes

Extracts of the Lex Romana Visigothorum (also known as Breviarium Alaricianum) are in Huschke, Collectio, FIRA and Girard:

Iurisprudentiae Anteiustinianae Reliquias in Usum maxime Academicum. (“Huschke”) by Huschke, P E, et al
Call Number: Roman 510 H968a6

Publication Date: 1908–1927 (6th ed.) 2 volumes in 3
Collectio Librorum Iuris Anteiustiniani. (“Collectio”) by Krueger, P., Mommsen, T. and Studemund, W.
Call Number: Roman 540 K94a-b & Roman 510 M733

Publication Date: 1878-1923 (3 volumes)

t.1 (Gaius) Roman 540 K94a7
t.2 (Ulpian, Paulus) Roman 510 K94b
t.3 Gregorianus and Hermogenianus) Roman 510 M733
Fontes Iuris Romani Anteiustiniani. (“FIRA”) by Riccobono, S, Baviera, G, et al
Call Number: Roman 510 R494a2

Publication Date: 1940-1943 (2nd ed.) 3 volumes
Textes de Droit Romain. (“Girard”) by Girard, P & Senn, F
Call Number: Roman 510 G518a6

Publication Date: 1937 (6th ed.)

Basilica

Basilicorum libri LX by Scheltema, H. and van der Wal, N.
Call Number: Roman 675 B311d

Publication Date: 1953-

Codex

Codex Iustinianus by Krueger, P.
Call Number: Roman 551 K94b

Publication Date: 1877

Codex Theodosianus

Theodosiani libri XVI cum Constitutionibus Simondianis et Leges Novellae ad Theodosianum Pertinentes. by Mommsen, T & Meyer, P M
Call Number: Roman 580 M733

Publication Date: (2nd ed., 1954)

2 volumes in 3
Imperial statutes from the time of Constantine the Great (312 AD) to 438 AD.

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