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SUMMARY:Justinian’s Prohibition of Commentaries and the Remarks by Byzantin
 e Antecessor Stephanus: A Contradiction?
DESCRIPTION:In constitution Deo Auctore 12, it is stated that jurists shoul
 d not add commentaries to the Digest, nor spoil its brevity with excessive 
 verbiage. Only Emperor Justinian was to speak through the voices of the cla
 ssical jurists and his predecessors. A similar prohibition is found in cons
 titution Tanta/Δέδωκεν 21: no one may write a commentary on existing or fut
 ure statutes, unless they wish to translate them into Greek, and then only 
 by means of a verbatim translation (κατὰ πόδα). Annotations described as πα
 ράτιτλα were also permitted. The rationale behind this prohibition was that
  conflicting interpretations could lead to confusion within the legal syste
 m. Nevertheless, there were numerous remarks on the Corpus iuris civilis du
 ring the sixth century. In fact, legal literature was thriving at that time
 . For example, the sixth-century Byzantine antecessor Stephanus made many r
 emarks on the Digest in his teaching. Numerous fragments of these Greek rem
 arks have been handed down, particularly in the ninth-century Basilica. Thi
 s lecture will explore the meaning of the prohibition of commentaries on th
 e Digest. Furthermore, examples will illustrate how Stephanus interpreted t
 he Digest in his teaching, despite the prohibition of commentaries.\n\nHylk
 je de Jong (1971) is Professor of Legal History at the Vrije University Ams
 terdam. She has previously published Stephanus en zijn Digestenonderwijs (2
 008),  Ἐντολή (mandatum) in den Basiliken (2019), Het geheugen van het rech
 t 1. Een inleiding in de uitwendige rechtsgeschiedenis (2024), Het geheugen
  van het recht 2. Een inleiding in de inwendige rechtsgeschiedenis (2024), 
 as co-author Frisian Land Law. A Critical Edition and Translation of the Fr
 eeska Landriucht (2023) and articles on Byzantine law and on the reception 
 of Roman law.\n\nThe lecture will be held in English.\n\nAdmission to the e
 vent is free.\n\nRegistration is required for participation at veranstaltun
 gen@awhamburg.de Please indicate whether you would like to attend in person
  or online. You will receive a confirmation.\n\nWednesday, 30. October 2024
 , 4:15 p.m. University of Hamburg, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultu
 res Warburgstraße 26, Room 0001 (Pavillon) 20354 Hamburg\n\nor\n\nonline (d
 ial-in data for the Zoom conference after registration)\n\n\n\n\n\n
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