Iuris Ratio et Aequitas in the Codex Theodosianus and Corpus Iuris Civilis (Codex Iustinianus and Digesta)

Iuris ratio et aequitas в Codex Theodosianus и Corpus iuris civilis (Codex Iustinianus и Digesta)

Исторически преглед, 81 (2025) No. 1, pp. 5-22 (ISSN 0323-9748)
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Dorothea Valentinova / Доротея Валентинова

Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: Roman philosophy, literature, and law offer some of the most wellstructured and coherent theories of justice as the foundational principle underlying human existence and society, without which their future becomes inconceivable. Two interconnected concepts – aequitas and iustitia – are central to the Roman conception of justice. This article seeks to reconstruct the concept of aequitas and its relationship with iuris ratio (viewed through the lens of universalis iustitia), drawing on selected texts from the Codex Theodosianus (5th century) and the Corpus Iuris Civilis (Codex Iustinianus and Digesta, 6th century).

Keywords: ius Romanum, aequitas, iustitia, ratio iuris, Codex Theodosianus, Codex Iustinianus, Digesta.

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