'With this annotated translation, we finally possess a complete and reliable version, in English, of one of the monuments of Roman law. The editors and translators (not to mention the ghost of Fred Blume) are owed a profound thanks for this important service to anyone interested in the history of the world's most influential legal system. The Codex is an unparalleled source of Roman law in action and often shows us how the rules were brought to bear on the real problems encountered by the inhabitants of the empire. This translation will be an aid to any student of law and life in the Roman world.' Kyle Harper, Senior Vice President and Provost, and Professor of Classics and Letters, University of Oklahoma

The Codex of Justinian is, together with the Digest, the core of the great Byzantine compilation of Roman law called the Corpus Iuris Civilis. The Codex compiles legal proclamations issued by Roman emperors from the second to the sixth centuries CE. Its influence on subsequent legal development in the medieval and early modern world has been almost incalculable. But the Codex has not, until now, been credibly translated into English. This translation, with a facing Latin and Greek text (from Paul Krüger's ninth edition of the Codex), is based on one made by Justice Fred H. Blume in the 1920s, but left unpublished for almost a century. It is accompanied by introductions explaining the background of the translation, a bibliography and glossary, and notes that help in understanding the text. Anyone with an interest in the Codex, whether an interested novice or a professional historian, will find ample assistance here.

Volume 1: Justice Fred H. Blume and the translation of Justinian's Codex Timothy Kearley
Revising Justice Blume's translation of Justinian's Codex Bruce W. Frier
The Codex of Justinian: the life of a text through fifteen hundred years Simon Corcoran
The Codex of Justinian: text and translation: the introductory constitutions John Noël Dillon and Bruce W. Frier
First book John Noël Dillon
Second book Bruce W. Frier
Third book Serena Connolly. Volume 2: Fourth book Dennis P. Kehoe
Fifth book Thomas A. J. McGinn
Sixth book Simon Corcoran, Michael Crawford, Benet Salway, Bruce W. Frier, Dennis P. Kehoe and Thomas A. J. McGinn
Seventh book Noel Lenski. Volume 3: Eighth book Bruce W. Frier
Ninth book Thomas A. J. McGinn
Tenth book Dennis P. Kehoe
Eleventh book Dennis P. Kehoe
Twelfth book Charles F. Pazdernik
Glossary of Roman law terms
Constitutions listed in chronological order.

Subject Areas: Primary sources of law [LNZ], Legal history [LAZ], Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1]