Roman jurists

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Roman jurists were ancient legal scholars of the Roman Empire whose systematic analyses and writings on law profoundly shaped later European legal traditions and the development of civil law.

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Label Occurrences
Roman classical jurists 1
Roman jurists canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman profession
group of legal scholars
legal expert
activeIn Roman Empire
Roman Republic
contributedTo Roman private law
Roman public law
family law
law of obligations
law of procedure
law of property
fieldOfWork Roman law
civil law
jurisprudence
legal interpretation
legal science
influenced Corpus Juris Civilis
Justinian Code
linked to: Codex Justinianus

canon law
continental European legal systems
medieval civil law
modern civil law traditions
knownFor classification of legal concepts
development of legal terminology
digesta (legal writings)
linked to: Digesta

legal commentaries
responsa (legal opinions)
systematic analysis of law
languageOfWork Latin
location Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity

Italian Peninsula
notableMember Celsus
Gaius
Julianus
Labeo
Modestinus
Papinian
Paulus
Sabinus
Scaevola
Ulpian
partOf Roman legal system
role advising emperors
advising magistrates
drafting legal texts
teaching law
timePeriod 1st century BCE
1st century CE
2nd century CE
3rd century CE
usedIn Roman courts

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Guillaume Budé influencedBy Roman jurists
Regulae juristTradition Roman classical jurists
linked to: Roman jurists