WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -It formed the basis of later Byzantine law, as expressed in the Basilika of Basil I and Leo VI the Wise. The only western province where the Justinian Code was introduced was Italy, from where it was to pass to western Europe in the 12th century, and become the basis of much European law code.

Detailed explanation-2: -Justinian’s compilation strongly influenced canon law (the law of the church) and provided the foundation of law in all civil law jurisdictions (i.e., in continental Western Europe and in many countries colonized by continental Europeans).

Detailed explanation-3: -After enacting the Digest as a lawbook, Justinian repealed all of the other law contained in the treatises of the jurists and directed that those treatises should never be cited in the future, even by way of illustration; at the same time, he abrogated all of the statutes that had formed a part of the old law.