The Civil or Roman Law
| AD | Event |
| 303-648 | The First Period |
|---|---|
| 648-988 | Second Period |
| 988-1230 | Third Period, Their Philosophy , Authority, Sects |
| 527 | Reformation of the Roman Law by Justinian |
| 527-546 | Tribonian |
| 528-529 | The Code of Justinian |
| 530-533 | The Pandects or Digest; Praise and Censure of the Code and Pandects; Loss of the ancient Jurisprudence; Legal Inconstancy of Justinian |
| 534 | Second Edition of the Code |
| 534-565 | The Novels |
| The Institutes (AD 533) | |
| Persons | Freemen and Slaves; Fathers and Children; Limitations of the paternal Authority; Husbands and Wives; The religious Rites of Marriage; Freedom of matrimonial Contract; Liberty & Abuse of Divorce; Limitations of Liberty of Divorce; Incest, Concubines, & Bastards;Guardians and Wards |
| Things | Right of Property; Of Inheritance and Succession; Civil Degrees of Kindred; Introduction & Liberty of Testaments; Legacies; Codicils and Trusts |
| Actions | Promises, Benefits, Interest of Money; Injuries |
| Crime & Punishment | Severity of the 12 Tables; Abolition or Oblivion of Penal Laws; Revival of capital punishments; Measure of Guilt; Unnatural Vice; Rigour of the Christian Emperors; Judgments of the People; Select Judges; Assessors; Voluntary Exile & Death; Abuses of Civil Jurisprudence |