Download or read book The Institutes of Justinian written by Thomas Collett Sandars and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the seventh and final edition of one of the finest translations of the Institutes. The work includes Latin and English text with English commentary. Commissioned by the Emperor Justinian in 530 CE, it restated all existing Roman law. Rediscovered during the late middle ages, it has been the central textbook of Roman law ever since.