IUSTINIANI INSTITUTIONES

Recognovit Paulus Krueger

( Corpus Iuris Civilis, vol. I )

Prooemium de confirmatione
Institutionum

Liber I Liber II Liber III Liber IV

Index titulorum

As the Digest neared completion,

Tribonian and two professors, Theophilus
and Dorotheus, made a students' textbook,
called the Institutiones or « Elements ». As
there were four elements, the manual
consisted of four books. The Institutiones
are largely based on the Institutiones of
Gaius. Two thirds of the Institutiones of
Justinian consist of literal quotes from
Gaius. The new Institutiones were used as
a manual for would-be jurists since 21
November 533 and were given the
authority of law on 30 December 533 along
with the Digest.

Accursius's ed. of 1476 • Lyon's ed. of

1627 • Huschke's ed.