Law Schools and Legal Education

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14 - Law Schools and Legal Education

from Part II - The Sources and Dissemination of Medieval Canon Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2022

Anders Winroth

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Anders Winroth and

John C. Wei

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Anders Winroth: Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo

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Law schools flourished in the Byzantine Empire at the beginning of the Middle Ages, notably in Constantinople and Beirut. They taught, in Latin, the law of the Roman Empire, which also regulated the affairs of the Church (see Chapter 9). The reign of Justinian (527–65) brought the new compilations of law later known collectively as the Corpus iuris civilis (see Chapter 13) and soon also a shift of the language of instruction to Greek. Legal education, including teaching of eastern canon law, continued practically as long as the Empire survived, and beyond, producing notable scholars of canon law, such as John Zonaras (fl. early twelfth century) and Theodore Balsamon (d. after 1195) (see Chapter 9).

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Legal education Medieval law schools Glossa ordinaria Medieval lectures Quaestiones disputatae University statutes

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Information: The Cambridge History of Medieval Canon Law , pp. 262 - 284

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