Contents Preface Eleftheria Papagianni and Daphne Penna AbbreviationsV Notes on ContributorsX Part 1: Introduction 1 The Birth of Byzantine Law Zachary Chitwood 2 The Creation of a Parallel Legal Order: Canon Law Spyros Troianos 3 The History of Research on Byzantine Law Marios Th. Tantalos Part 2: From Constantine the Great up to Justinian's Death 4 Byzantine Law from Constantine the Great to the Death of Justinian: an Overview Vasileios-Alexandros Kollias 5 Codification of the leges: Codex Theodosianus and Codex Justinianus Kalliopi Papakonstantinou 6 Codification of the ius: the Digest Giuseppe Falcone 7 The Institutes of Justinian Kalliopi Papakonstantinou 8 The Novels of Justinian Peter Sarris 9 Law Teaching at the Time of Justinian Daphne Penna Part 3: From Justinian's Death up to Basil I 10 From Justinian's Death up to Basil I: an Overview Valerio Massimo Minale 11 The Canons of the Synod of Trullo: a Code of Canon Law and Its Relation to State Legislation Wolfram Brandes 12 The "Isaurian" Ecloga Fausto Goria 13 From the Appendix Eclogae to the Eclogadion: Inclining Back to Justinianic Law Fausto Goria Law at the Time of the Macedonian Dynasty14 Law at the Time of the Macedonian Dynasty: an Overview Kalliopi (Kelly) Bourdara 15 The Procheiros Nomos and the Eisagoge Thomas E. van Bochove 16 The Novels of Leo VI the Wise Kalliopi (Kelly) Bourdara 17 The Great Codification. The Basilica cum scholiis and Their Immediate Precursor(s) Thomas E. van Bochove 18 The Court of the Hippodrome Andreas Gkoutzioukostas 19 The Peira Dieter Simon 20 Legal Education in Constantinople in the 11th Century: "School of Laws" and the "Guardian of the Laws" Alexander Liarmacopulus 21 The "Endemousa" Synod Spyros Troianos Indices.