Title: The Threefold Corpus Juris – Roman, Canon, and Secular Synthesis

Date of Entry: 11 September 2025

Filed By: :Waseem: Malik – Sovereign Archivist

Codename: The Triple Codex

⚖️ 1. Corpus Juris Civilis – The Justinian Code (6th Century AD)

• Compiled under Emperor Justinian I in Constantinople.
• Foundation of modern civil law systems worldwide.

Key Parts:

• Institutes – Student textbook, distilled principles.
• Digest (Pandects) – Juristic writings and opinions.
• Codex Justinianus – Imperial laws collected.
• Novellae Constitutiones – Later reforms and updates.

Maxim:

“Ubi lex non distinguit, nec nos distinguere debemus.”

(Where the law does not distinguish, neither should we.)

⛪ 2. Corpus Juris Canonici – The Law of the Church (12th–16th Century)

• Governs ecclesiastical jurisdiction within the Catholic Church.
• Structured the Church as a global legal system.