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How might the Corpus Juris Civilis (Justinian Code) help maintain or consolidate power in the Byzantine Empire?

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To oversee his new empire, Justinian ordered legal experts to consolidate old Roman laws into a single law code. The Justinian Code served as the legal basis for criminal justice, marriage, property, slavery, & women's rights.

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