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In Our Time

Justinian's Legal Code

Duration: 47 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss legal ideas developed under Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the C6th AD, which influenced the evolution of law in much of Western civilisation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Humfress
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Corcoran
Interviewed Guest:
Paul du Plessis