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Who were the five great Roman jurists?
The Law of Citations (426), issued by the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius II, named Gaius one of five jurists (the others were Papinian, Ulpian, Modestinus, and Paulus) whose doctrines were to be followed by judges in deciding cases.
What is Julianus Roman law?
The Julian law permitted the father (both adoptive and natural) to kill the adulterer and adulteress in certain cases, as to which there were several nice distinctions established by the law. If the father killed only one of the parties, he brought himself within the penalties of the Cornelian law De Sicariis.
Who were the Roman jurists?
The Roman jurists were the first professional legal specialists. They appeared in the second half of the Roman Republic and they were required because of the technicality of the Roman legal process.
