I N D E X

OF ALL MATTERS COLLECTED IN THE PRESENT CORPUS.

I. A chronological history of Roman-Justinian law, which summarizes in compendium the origins of Roman laws, the mutations of Roman law and their causes and manner, and which proceeds beyond the times of Lord Justinian to our own recent age, and represents what were the fates of Justinian law both in the West and in the East.

II. A chronology of Laws and Law, in which the times of laws, decrees of the Senate, imperial constitutions, the successions, names, and writings of Jurisconsults, and the laws excerpted from the laws of both the Digests and the Code, as well as the Novels, are related to the years of their origin and reviewed with corrected consular fasti original: "fastisque consularibus" — historical lists of magistrates holding office year by year, along with a forewarning regarding the utility to be gained from the following chronology of law.

These have been added to the present edition, with the omission of others which were found in previous editions and which we can easily do without. DIONYSIUS GOTHOFREDUS, about to present the history of the law composed by Justinian, had those Constitutions that the Emperor gave regarding the compilation of this volume printed in one view: since, however, they can be found with easy effort, it suffices here to have indicated their location:

Const. I. on making a new Code, to the Senate of the city of Constantinople. Year 528. See from the beginning of the Code.
Const. II. on confirming the Justinian Code, to Menna, Praetorian Prefect, year 529. Ibid.
Const. III. on the conception of the Digests, to Tribonian. Year 530. See from the beginning of the Digests and Code, Book 1, title 17, on clarifying ancient law and the authority of the jurists who are referenced in the Digests.
Const. IV. on the confirmation of the Institutes, to the youth eager for laws, year 533. See the proemium of the Institutes.
Const. V. on the confirmation of the Digests, a double constitution to the Senate and to all peoples, year 533. See from the beginning of the Dig.
Const. VI. on the confirmation of the Digests, to the great Senate, in the same year 533. See from the beginning of the Dig.
Const. VII. on the reason and method of teaching law, to the Antecessores original: "Antecessores" — teachers or professors of law, year 533, among the Prefaces of the Digests.
Const. VIII. on the amendment of the Code of Lord Justinian and its second edition, to the Senate of the city of Constantinople, year 534. From the beginning of the Code.

In the last place, he placed title 2, book 1, of the Digests, on the origin of law and all Magistrates and the succession of the Prudent original: "Prudentium" — the learned jurists, which see in the Digests at the cited location.

Also occurring in other editions are the Chronic Canons and Consular Fasti of ANTONIUS CONTIUS: We believed that these are not properly referred to the study of Roman laws and can be examined and perused with greater convenience in that discipline which deals with the series of times. The Consular Fasti concern Roman jurisprudence more closely, as they serve for discovering the times when laws were passed, and we have exhibited them not so much from the review of Contius as from a collation of the opinions of the most learned writers, consulting Onuphrius, Pighius, Sigonius, Pagi, Basnage, Reland, and others. It did not seem worth the effort to us to repeat the Chronology of the Empire of both East and West of MARQUARD FREHER in this

edition. Freher had added that to the Greek-Roman Law which JOHANNES LEUNCLAVIUS had brought to light with much study from various libraries of Europe and Asia: but since in our times, those things which refer to history and chronology are placed in a much clearer location, we refer students of these matters to those disciplines and their writers. We have also omitted the NOTICE of the remnants of LAW before and after Justinian, written partly by Jacob Gothofredus, and partly by Joseph Maria Suares, Bishop of Vaison, since the writings in which they are contained are sufficiently obvious and can be easily had. Therefore, we have been content with the elaboration of the Chronology of Laws and Law, which, in the interpretation of laws, will be able to aid in a wonderful manner like a great secret, if one may speak with JAC. GOTHOFREDUS.

I. FOUR BOOKS OF THE INSTITUTES OF LAW.

1. Rubrics of the Institutes according to books and subject matter, as well as according to alphabetical order.
2. Index of paragraphs of the four books of the Institutes.
3. On the reason for the order preserved in the books of the Institutes by the Jurisconsult.
4. The four books of the Institutes.
5. Epitome of the Institutes.

II. FIFTY BOOKS OF THE DIGESTS OR PANDECTS.

1. Index of the books from which the work of the Digests was composed.
2. The perpetual edict restored by Salvius Julianus to the order of the Digests.

The author of this collection is GUILIELMUS RANCHINUS, Professor in the school of Montpellier.
3. Order of the perpetual edict along with the series of books which the ancient Jurisconsults wrote on it.
This index was made by JAC. GOTHOFREDUS and published in the collection of the Sources of the IV. Civil Law.
4. Titles of the Digests or Pandects according to the series of books.
5. Titles of the Digests or Pandects according to alphabetical order.
6. Index of all the laws of the Pandects digested in alphabetical order.
7. On the reason for the order observed by the Jurisconsult in the Pandects.
8. The three prefaces of the Digests by Justinian himself.
9. The first XIV. books of the Digests.

I. Books of the Digests from XV. to XXXIV.

I. Books of the Digests from XXXV. to L.